<Brett> [Day: Saturday, June 18th.  Time: 11:00 a.m.]
<Brett> [After the replacement team showed up, you went to the airport bright 
'n' early this morning and got on flight KirbAir 121, for Shanghai.  You're all 
in the "special class", meaning you're left alone and don't have to worry about 
people bothering you.  None of you have your weapons on you; they're all 
somewhere else on the plane.  And it's been about ten minutes since you took 
off.  It's nice and sunny outside.]
<Brett> [Session Start]
<Chomei> (That's what you think. :P)
* Chie stares out the window, fascinated. It's her very first plane trip!
* Peter is doing something. Can you guess what?
* Rei thwaps the sides of her head, accidentally poking Makoto with her elbow 
every once in a while. "Ear pop ear pop ear pop ear pop!"
<Brett> ( Eating a big sandwich? )
<Chie> So cool!
<Peter> ( The GM explodes. )
* Chomei is leaning back in his chair, chewing on some gum bubble gum.
<Lazar> ... flying feel odd. Golem from earth... well, at least I have Slinky. 
*slinkies*
* Maria stares out the window, too. It's definitely her first plane trip.
* Makoto flirts with the nearest flight attendant. The practice is very useful, 
and made even more challenging by Rei's jabbing elbow.
<Rei> (I'm next to Makoto.  Since we're special class, we probably don't have 
three seats squished together, so no one's stuck in the middle.)
* Maria continues gawking out the window. "Wow."
* Rei opens her mouth really wide, then closes it, then swallows. "Ear pop 
begone!" She powerposes.
* Chie looks away from the window briefly and applauds.
* Rei looks at Makoto, then the flight attendant, then pokes Makoto in the side.
<Lazar> ... ear pop?
<Maria> ... ear pop?
* Chomei chews the gum. "Ear pop."
* Makoto nnfs and lets the flight attendant go. Then he turns to Rei with a 
grin, "Yes, oh ear-poppy one?"
<Rei> Uh, yeah.  You know, the pressure that builds up in your head because 
you're gaining or losing altitude at high speeds.
* Rei points at Makoto's shirt. "What color's that?"
<Lazar> Oh, like what happen when you climb mountain?
* Chomei looks at Chie. Turns out his seat was next to her's. "First time on a 
plane?"
* Maria blinks. "Oh. So that's what that is."
* Chie grins at him. "Gosh, however could you tell? How 'bout you?"
<Maria> How'd you get rid of it?
* Makoto looks down at the short-sleeved shirt under his unbuttoned white one. 
He's explained white already, so... "This one's green. Hunter green, to be 
exact."
<Rei> Hunter green.  ... What's hunting got to do with it?
* Rei looks over at Maria. "Oh! Well, you yawn, or swallow, or chew gum. Things 
like that."
* Chie is, by the way, wearing a light blue t-shirt with dark blue sleeves, and 
a pair of dark blue jogging pants (with reflective stripes down the sides). 
Apparently all her black clothes are in her luggage. ;p
* Chomei shrugs. "It's my second time. My parents took a short flight down the 
island and drove up the east coast, taking me with them. It was more of a 
business trip for them, though."
* Lazar hmms. "New thing learned about golem, then... no ear mean no ear pop 
thing."
* Maria blinks at Rei. Sure, she can yawn.
<Makoto> I don't know, Rei.  I would guess it has to do with blending in with 
undergrowth in a forest, but... it could also be because somebody liked the 
name, or maybe some guy named Hunter used it a lot.
* Lazar is 'wearing' his usual. White t-shirt, baggy carpenter pants.
* Maria yawns like a cat, then wiggles her jaw back and forth. "Neat."
<Chie> But you had fun traveling?
<Maria> So, you guys've been on planes before?
<Rei> Oh, yeah, lots of times.
<Chomei> Yeah, it was okay.  It took us a bit longer than you might think, 
though.
* Rei considers what Makoto said, then nods.
* Chie nods. "Sounds nice. So you've never been outside Japan, then. Like me. 
Until now." She grins.
* Lazar blinks at Maria, then attempts to yawn. It sounds more like a dying 
hippo.
<Chomei> Nope, never been outside of it.  I'm afraid I won't understand a word 
anyone else says.
* Maria is wearing her usual; an old-looking t-shirt, some old, patched up 
jeans, and an old-looking leather jacket. She has her boots off at the moment, 
tho. You have been told this because it seems to be the things to do.
* Chomei chews his gum some more.
* Chie grins at him. "That's okay. Just stick with me! I won't steer you wrong. 
Well, not *too* wrong."
<Lazar> ... that no sound right. Hmm.
* Chomei smiles back. "Since when would you steer me wrong? Besides when it 
comes to my hair color."
<Chie> Hey, *I'm* not the one who's been bringing that up lately.  Maybe you've 
decided that you really want to, and now you just don't want to outright admit 
it, so you're dropping hints.
* Chie winks at him.
<Maria> I don't think Cho's that subtle, Chie.
* Maria walks around the cabin, since she can. Presumably.
* Chomei smirks. "... Right. Maybe I just remember these things and have a nasty 
habit of bringing them up at the wrong time?"
* Rei wiggles in her seat, then pulls out BOX and sets it on her fold-down tray, 
opening it.
<Chie> Well, it's not like I can do anything about it right now.  All my dyeing 
stuff is back in my apartment, which is all the way back there somewhere.
* Chie points to the window of the plane.
<Chie> Could probably find something in Shanghai, though.  Can't guarantee how 
well it would work.
<Lazar> Hair might turn white if we dangle him out window.
* Chomei breathes a sigh of relief, then slowly turns his head to Lazar. "No."
* Chie just smiles and peeks out the window again.
* Rei idly starts playing Raze. Bang!
* Lazar grins. "Good choice."
* Makoto sighs and pulls a yo-yo from one of his pockets, threading and 
unthreading it until the string is just right. Every once in a while he looks at 
BOX to see if he can figure out what Rei's doing.
<Rei> (Oh, sure he can't.  FPS. ^_^_v)
* Maria looks over Rei's shoulder.
* Rei idly singsongs words as she blows people up. "And it's a long, long way to 
Shanghai, I sure hope we don't all die. Take that!"
* Lazar peeks over the seat at Rei's game. "... maybe we should get you 
bazooka."
* Chie looks away from the window and taps Chomei on the arm. "Hey, do you have 
any more gum?"
* Rei doesn't respond to Lazar. Boom!
<Chomei> If anything stayed the same, she should get a Hyperion Bazooka.  
Nothing like a tact-nuke to tell your opponents you own them.  What?  Oh, sure.
* Peter reads.
* Lazar hmms. "Little ones with machine gun. No is bad idea."
* Maria blinks, then goes back to looking out windows. Clouds look different 
from this side!
* Chomei fishes thru his backpack and hands Chie a stick of gum. He also pulls 
out a pad of paper and a pencil.
<Chie> Thanks!
* Chie takes the gum and starts chewing. "Let's see if I can still do this..."
* Rei glances up between games to see Peter reading. "Hey, prof, do you ever 
stop reading?"
* Chomei starts sketching some stuff. Granted, he sucks at it, but is that gonna 
stop him? "Welcome."
* Chie begins blowing a bubble. It starts out small, and gradually grows bigger, 
and bigger, and bigger...
* Lazar notes his utter lack of success in starting a conversation, and sits 
back down.
* Chie works on the bubble. It's getting impressively large now.
* Lazar goes back to his Slinky.
* Chomei covers his pad of paper and waves his pencil very close to the bubble. 
He grins. "Don't think I won't."
* Makoto puts one yo-yo back in his pocket and gets another one. He restrings it 
idly, watching Rei play her game all the while.
* Chie 's eyes widen in mock-fear and she makes a small noise, but she keeps 
working on the bubble.
* Chomei keeps the pencil pointed at the bubble. He doesn't move it, so with 
each blow it gets closer and closer to the pencil...
* Rei plays some more, but gets bored of it pretty quickly and exits. She starts 
checking one of her e-mails. Spam spam spammity spam...
* Lazar mutters something in Hungarian.
<Brett> [One of Rei's e-mails reads, "I write for your hungry chicken - J."]
* Chie moves her head back, but the sudden motion causes the bubble to pop, and 
gum to get all over her face.
* Rei eyes that one. She clicks on it.
<Chie> Yuck!
* Makoto finishes another yo-yo and brings out the mechanical one. This he 
restrings very slowly and with extreme care. He glances over at Lazar, but says 
nothing since he understands no Hungarian.
<Brett> [Rei sees that the text of the message is the same as the subject.]
* Chie fishes in her pocket for a tissue, then de-gums herself. She then mock-
glares at Chomei. "You. Are so going to get it. When I think of an appropriate 
manner in which to get my vengeance, that is."
<Rei> Aww, c'mon.
<Lazar> ... this is time when I make joke about were-gum.
* Chomei blinks when it pops. His pencil is covered in gum too.
* Rei deletes it and keeps checking mail.
<Brett> [The next message says: "Don't delete this message!"]
* Chie looks at the pencil. "Or maybe I've already gotten it."
* Rei facepalms.
<Chomei> Yeah...
<Chie> Want a tissue?
* Chomei nods. "Kinda hard to draw when your pencil's covered in gum."
<Rei> Hey, Chie!  It'd really suck if you put gum in Chomei's hair!
* Lazar looks thoughtful for a moment. "Were-gum... watch out, or it chew you. 
... I like that."
<Chomei> And now is when I consider wearing a shower-cap whenever I meet you 
people.
* Chie eyes the tissue. "Then again, you might be better off with a new pencil." 
But she gives it to him anyway.
* Makoto grins faintly and shakes his head as he very carefully completes the 
task of re-stringing the mechanical yo-yo.
* Chie grins at Rei. "But we don't have any peanut butter with which to get it 
out."
<Rei> Aww, it's fine.  We can always get some in Shanghai.
* Chie then pictures Chomei fighting with a shower cap on and starts laughting.
<Rei> I mean, peanut butter isn't hard to come by.  But smooth or chunky?  Now 
that's the question.  Maybe the hazelnut kind... it's a little chocolatey, 
really.
<Chie> I'm feeling benevolent today.  Besides, I've already gotten rid of my 
gum, and I don't think he's about to give me any more now.
* Rei idly taps at her computer as she considers.
* Chomei de-gums his pencil, then starts sharpening it (with one of those cheap-
ass sharpeners) to get rid of the icky part at the end.
* Lazar Slinkies s'more.
* Chomei chews his gum, and says idily with a little mock-awe. "Why thank you 
for sparring me your wrath."
* Chie smirks. "Well, you're spared for now, at least. But you're welcome."
* Makoto puts the mechanical yo-yo away and pulls out his combat yo-yo. He 
unwinds the sting of the heavy toy, and then starts twisting one of the sides to 
detatch it from the other.
* Rei watches the yo-yo winding.
* Maria watches the yo-yo, since the clouds were starting to get old.
* Peter reads.
* Makoto pulls the yo-yo apart, and removes the string.
<Makoto> Needs a new cord.
* Chomei looks at Makoto spinnin' his Yo-yo, and starts sketching something. 
After a few seconds, he shakes his head and starts over.
* Rei blinks. "Why? That one isn't broken, is it? I don't think it's broken. I 
didn't see it break."
* Makoto digs around in another of his pockets and pulls out a fresh string.
* Lazar closes his 'eyes', and starts speaking quietly in Hebrew.
<Makoto> No, it's not broken, but if you look at it you can see signs of wear in 
the threading.  I'd rather replace these a bit too often than have it break 
right when I need it the most.
* Chomei thinks of that and smirks.
* Chie goes back to looking out the window, and starts singing. Amazingly, it's 
mostly on-key. But it's also in English. "<~/o See the pyramids along the Nile, 
watch the sunrise from a tropic isle... Just remember, darling, all the while... 
you belong to me... ~/o>"
* Peter reads.
<Brett> ( Make a performing arts (singing) roll, Chie :P )
<Peter> ( Peter is boring. ;-; )
<Chie> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 6.
<Rei> Ooh.  That makes sense.
* Makoto smiles crookedly at that, and makes certain that the new string is nice 
and tight before putting the two yo-yo halves back together.
<Chie> <~/o See the marketplace in old Angier, send me photographs and 
souvenirs... Just remember when your dream appears... you belong to me... ~/o>
<Chie> <~/o And I'll be so alone without you... maybe you'll be lonesome too... 
~/o>
* Makoto perks up a little as he winds the new string. "What's that you're 
singing, Chie?
<Makoto> "
<Brett> ( Nobody knows! It's gotta be at least 50 years old :P )
<Chie> <~/o Fly the ocean in a silver plane, see the jungle when it's wet with 
rain... just remember 'til you're home again... you belong to me. ~/o>
* Chie stops singing and looks over at Makoto. "Old song. Really old song. But a 
pretty one. Even if it shows a lack of trust on the part of the singer."
<Maria> Hey. Chie can sing. ^_^
* Rei snickers.
<Rei> She just pretends not to!
* Maria giggles.
* Makoto snickers.
* Rei reaches forward and thwaps Peter upside the head.
<Chie> I think it works better when I'm not trying to sing very loudly.  Not 
that it's ever stopped me from trying.
* Chie grins.
* Peter looks up. "Rei? Why on earth did you do that?"
* Chomei smirks and continues drawing.
<Makoto> If you sing something I know, I'll back you up.
<Sonny> ( Sing the I Love You song! )
<Chie> Okay.  What do you know?
<Rei> Because you never stop reading, and while I believe in the betterment of 
minds, I also believe you should spend some time socializing, maybe.  We won't 
hurt you.  Much.
<Lazar> ... I used to have decent singing voice.
<Makoto> Ah, well.  I know a lot of stuff that's not... you know... really old.
* Chomei snickers.
<Chie> Hmm.  Well, name something, and we'll see if I know it.  And then after 
we're done, maybe Laz can give it a try.
* Makoto names a contemporary song that he rather likes, but which I will not 
attempt to come up with a name for because I'm lame.
* Lazar waves his hand. "No, no. Used to sing decent. Golem body no good for 
singing."
<Chie> That's sad.  Everyone should at least be able to try and sing.  And, 
believe it or not, I think I do know that one, Makoto.
* Maria shrugs. "I don't listen to much music."
* Peter frowns.
<Peter> I'd really honestly rather read.
* Chie grins. "I am so bringing my music player to the next club meeting. You 
guys need to learn to appreciate the classics."
* Rei eyes Peter. "Oh, so we're not good enough for you, are we? Your books are 
*better* than us, huh?"
* Makoto smiles cheerfully. "Good! You want to start it off, or should I?"
* Chie looks at Makoto. "You go first, then I'll join in."
* Lazar shrugs. "Magiks let me talk, but no is good for tune."
<Peter> Indeed.
* Peter grins and goes back to reading.
<Chie> (Peter just grinned.  I think that's a first! ;p)
* Chomei smirks. "The prof DOES have a sense of humor."
* Rei unbuckles, crawls over Makoto, and reaches over to grab the book out of 
Peter's hands. "Ah ha!"
* Chie grins. "Amazing."
* Makoto starts the song off, and even though he falters a bit when Rei crawls 
over him, he manages to get through the first couple of verses without much 
trouble.
<Makoto> 2d6-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-4) and gets 1.
<Peter> Are you planning to give that back?
* Makoto sings pretty well, in fact.
* Maria watches in amusement.
<Rei> No!  ... Okay, I lied.  I'll give it back eventually, maybe.  Probably.  
I'll think about it.  Or I won't!
<Chie> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 8.
* Chomei reclines in his chair. "Make him sing for it."
* Chie joins in, but she seems to be having a good deal of trouble trying to 
harmonize with Makoto, and she stumbles over the lyrics a bit.
<Rei> That! has got to be the second good idea I've heard from you in the entire 
time I've known you, Chomei!
<Chomei> And what's the first?
<Rei> It's either cotton candy or the whole flooding Raze servers thing.  I 
haven't decided just yet.
* Makoto keeps singing, but he swaps out the actual lyrics with "Chie why don't 
you... think of another song... just name it and I'll try to follow along..."
<Chomei> Glad you have so much confidence in me.
* Chie laughs. "Sorry 'bout that. Should we let the prof go now?" She winks.
<Rei> Yeah!  The prof can sing next!
* Makoto lets the song fade and then looks over at Peter. "Okay, but if I'm 
going to start him off he's got to tell me what kind of music he knows."
<Rei> Well, you can start him off... or he can sing solo!
* Maria giggles.
<Lazar> I seen Peter's CD case. He like music with girls wearing very little 
clothes.
* Chie laughs. "You're makin' that up, Laz."
* Rei cracks up.
<Rei> Nono!  I can believe it.
* Makoto feigns stage shock as he looks at Rei, and then slightly more 
legitimate surprise at Lazar.
<Makoto> Wha??
<Chomei> ...  He what?
<Peter> You don't want me to sing.
<Chie> Sure we do.
* Peter eyes Lazar.
<Rei> We do so.
* Chomei chuckles.
* Maria snickers.
<Maria> Sure we do!
* Lazar grins at Peter.
* Rei goes back to sitting, though it's on Makoto's lap this time. She reaches 
back and pulls her tail out of its uncomfortable position, then starts leafing 
through Peter's book.
* Chie looks over at Rei and Makoto and smiles. Aww. ^_^
* Maria looks at Rei and Makoto and griiiins.
<Lazar> ... Peter, can I sit on you lap and read?
* Chomei glances over at Rei and Makoto, then continues studying the ceiling.
* Maria climbs over some chairs to whisper something in Rei's ear.
* Makoto lets his arms rest around Rei in one of those almost-hugs-but-really-
just-because-it's-more-comfortable-than-sitting-on-your-own-hands postures. 
"Well, hello there cutie."
* Chomei cracks up.
* Chie giggles at Lazar's remark.
* Rei blushes. "Hi." And then she looks over at Maria. "Uh... well, we haven't 
gone on a date yet. Technically."
* Peter attempts to grab his book back from Rei.
* Chie perks her ears up at the gossip and calls over to Rei. "Well, yeah, you 
guys have been busy and all. But when you do... girl, I want details!" She grins 
madly.
* Makoto sticks his tongue out at Maria. "And we're not going to make out in 
public unless you pay us first."
* Rei pulls it away from Peter, nearly hitting Makoto in the process. "Nuh uh! 
You gotta sing for it!"
<Peter> I said I will not.
<Rei> Then I guess you're not gettin' it back, are ya? o/~
* Chomei whistles idily.
* Maria sticks her tongue out at Makoto, too.
<Maria> C'mon, Prof, sing!
* Lazar deflates some when he realizes that Peter's not gonna dignify his last 
comment with a response. ;_;
<Chie> Yeah!  Sing!  I'll bet you know some really good songs.
<Peter> No.
* Lazar goes back to his soft Hebrew speaking to himself.
<Chie> Awww.
* Chie looks sad.
* Rei idly flips through the book again. "Yet another dead language. Funeral 
pyre, I'm thinkin'."
<Maria> Whazzat?
<Makoto> Now, now, Rei.  Burning books is a sin.
<Rei> So's about twenty-five percent of the other stuff I do!
* Chomei idily says "But drowning it isn't..." o/~
* Chie shudders at Chomei's remark.
* Maria pouts. Nobody's answerin' her question.
<Makoto> Well... eighty-five percent of the stuff I do is sinful.  But I draw 
the line at burning books.
<Peter> Don't you dare.
<Rei> How about burning flags?
* Chie looks out the window again.
* Lazar looks up. "Being at bottom of ocean no fun. Is dark, walking very slow."
<Chomei> Latin, latin...  I think it's some language they used to speak on the 
other side of the world.
* Chie says, in a somewhat odd voice, "Laz. Please don't mention that."
* Chie is still looking out the window.
* Rei looks over at Maria. "A funeral pyre's when you burn the body. Not as a 
way of hiding evidence, though. Um, usually."
<Lazar> ... ack. Sorry, little one.
* Chie continues looking at the clouds. "S'okay."
* Chomei blinks and realizes what he said about H2O. "Sorry for mentioning 
that."
<Makoto> Hm?  Flags?  That's not so bad, I guess.  Not as bad as books or 
people.
<Makoto> Well, books anyway.
<Chie> It's all right.
* Maria seems disturbed by the answer, but nods.
<Rei> Lots of cultures did that as a practice.  Part of their religion, see.
<Lazar> ... walking through Siberia was no fun, either. Five feet of snow make 
walking hard.
<Makoto> People still do it.  Have any of you seen how expensive land is in a 
graveyard?
* Chie seems thankful for the change in subject. "Five feet? That'd bury me 
entirely..." And then she sobers when Makoto mentions a graveyard.
<Rei> Yup.  Now it's more a question of money.  That and your ashes can be 
scattered anywhere you want, if you ask nicely.
<Makoto> Sometimes cemeteries will actually take bodies out and destroy them 
without permission so they can make room for new ones.
* Rei nods.
* Chie goes back to staring to the window.
<Lazar> Is easier when no feel cold and no need to breathe. Feel silly walking 
around Siberia in loincloth, though.
<Maria> Siberia?
<Lazar> Siberia. Upper part of Russia. Very far north, VERY cold. Winter last 10 
months or more, temperature almost always negative.
<Maria> Oh. Doesn't sound fun.
* Rei wedges the book between her and Makoto (so Peter can't reach it! Ha!) and 
pulls her tail over to smooth it out. Unlike her hair, it isn't uncontrollably 
messy.
* Chie goes back to singing quietly. "<~/o I'm leaving on a jet plane... I don't 
know when I'll be back again... ~/o>"
<Chie> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 10.
* Chie is *really* off-key this time. Like she can't really concentrate on the 
song at all.
<Lazar> Would have been easier if could have taken plane to Japan... but no had 
any money back then.
* Makoto sings along with Chie, trying to help her cover her off-key-ness.
* Maria nods. "Long way to walk, sounds like.
<Makoto> 2d6-4
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6-4) and gets 1.
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* Rei keeps picking at the tip, and she starts singing along, too, "<o/~ There's 
so many times I've let you down, so many times I've played around. I tell you 
now, they don't mean a thing. o/~>"
<Rei> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 7.
* Rei is rather off key, too. But she doesn't seem to care.
* Makoto finds himself covering for Rei ~and~ Chie.
<Lazar> Was very long. Eight months with no stop.
* Chomei humms along with the tune, but doesn't try to sing because he knows 
it's a lost cause.
<Chie> <~/o Every place I go I think of you, every song I sing I sing for you.  
When I come back I wear your wedding ring. ~/o>
<Rei> <o/~ So kiss me and smile for me.  Tell me that you'll wait for me.  Hold 
me like you'll never let me go, 'cause I'm leaving on a jet plane.  Don't know 
when I'll be back again. o/~>
* Maria wishes she knew a song. ;_;
<Makoto> <o/~ Now the time has come to leave you / One more time let me kiss you 
/ Close your eyes, and I'll be on my way o/~ >
<Lazar> ... well, stopped once. Giant squid thought I was food. Took while to 
convince I not.
* Chomei whistles. "You're going to have to teach me how to speak English some 
time."
<Chie> <~/o Dream about the days to come... I won't have to leave alone, and I 
won't have to say... ~/o>
<Rei> <o/~ Kiss me and smile for me.  Tell me that you'll wait for me. o/~>
* Maria sits down sideways in her seat. Or someone's seat. As long as it's 
unoccupied.
<Makoto> <o/~ Hold me like you never let me go. o/~>
<Chie> <o/~ I'm leaving on a jet plane, I don't know when I'll be back again. 
o/~>
<Lazar> ... and was time I was swollowed by whale. Little wooden boy help me get 
out, though.
<Rei> <o/~ Oh Babe, I hate to go. o/~>
* Rei stops, then says, "Now I feel all melancholical."
<Maria> You mean melancholy?
* Chie stops singing. "Yeah. But it's still a nice song."
<Makoto> I don't.  I have no idea what I was just singing.  I mean, I know the 
words but I don't know what they mean.
<Chomei> What did you just sing?
* Chie looks over at Chomei. "And, sure, I can teach you English."
<Rei> Ooh.  I could translate for you sometime, Makoto.
* Chie looks over at Makoto. "Yeah, I was surprised that you even knew the 
words, since you don't know English."
<Rei> It's all about this guy who's flying away, and he's saying goodbye and 
telling her he'll miss her.
* Makoto grins at Chie. "Yeah, well, I had to learn it to get this one part... 
but you probably don't want to hear about that."
<Makoto> Oh.  Huh.
<Chie> Sure I do.  Part for what?  You used to act?
* Chomei nods. "That's pretty melancholy."
<Makoto> Yeah.  I still do, when I need money and I can't mooch it off anybody.
* Chie smiles. "That's cool. I'll bet you're very, very good."
<Makoto> And it was some musical that a couple of Tokyo Theatre students wrote.  
It was okay.
<Lazar> ... speak of money... hey, Peter. Is we supposed to get salary from 
Interpol?
* Makoto smiles faintly. "I try, anyway. Thanks for the compliment."
* Maria perks up at the mention of money.
<Chie> Well, if you ever get another part, and you don't mind somebody you know 
in the audience, I'd like to come watch.
<Makoto> Oh!  Well, you probably wouldn't know it was me unless you got a 
program.  If it's a show that can afford programs.  I usually character-act.  
Uhm.  And I kind of cheat with the makeup, if you know what I mean.
<Makoto> But yeah, that would be nice.
* Chie chuckles. "Got it. You let me know where and when, and I'll be there."
* Chomei smirks.
* Makoto smiles and nods.
<Makoto> Will do, Chie.
<Chie> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Chie (2d6) and gets 6.
<Rei> Can I go, too?  Can I?  Huh?
* Lazar pokepokes Peter.
* Makoto gives Rei a hug, since it's so easy right now. "Sure thing, cutie."
* Rei beams.
* Chie starts another song. This time, her voice seems a bit clearer, and one 
might go so far as to actually say she sounds pretty good. "<o/~ There are 
places I'll remember all my life, though some have changed, Some forever, not 
for better, some have gone and some remain. o/~>
* Makoto doesn't know this song, and so he just listens.
* Rei listens, too. Whether this means she doesn't know the song is anybody's 
guess.
* Chomei leans back and closes his eyes as he listens.
<Chie> <o/~ All these places had their moments with lovers and friends I still 
can recall.  Some are dead and some are living, in my life, I've loved them all. 
o/~>
* Peter looks up from reading a manual on airline safety. "Yes?"
<Rei> La-
<Lazar> Do we get paid by Interpol?
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<Chie> <o/~ But of all these friends and lovers, There's no one compares with 
you, And these mem'ries lose their meaning when I think of love as something 
new. o/~.
* Rei stops herself, frowns a little, and reaches over, squeezing her hand 
through the crack in the seats to try to grab the manual from Peter's hands.
<Chie> <o/~ Though I know I know I'll never lose affection for people and things 
that went before, I know I'll often stop and think about them, in my life, I 
love you more. o/~>
* Maria falls asleep in her chair.
<Chie> <o/~ Though I know I know I'll never lose affection for people and things 
that went before, I know I'll often stop and think about them, in my life, I'll 
love you more.  In my life, I'll love you more... o/~>
* Chie stops singing and smiles.
* Chie says, mostly to herself, "Love that song."
<Rei> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 4.
<Peter> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Peter (2d6) and gets 3.
* Peter hold onto the book tightly.
<Peter> I'll let you have it if you give me my book back.
* Lazar reaches over the seat and tries to grab Peter's book.
* Chomei chuckles.
* Rei pulls her hand back. "No dice. Or book for you!"
* Peter moves the book out of Lazar's reach instead!
* Lazar can't reach. "I would climb onto seat to reach, but then seat break. No 
think nice pilot person would like."
<Chomei> So, Prof, are ya gonna sing?
* Chie laughs.
<Chie> I don't think you're gonna get out of it this time, prof.  I'm done for a 
while.
<Chie> We demand entertainment.
* Makoto can't seem to bring himself to complain about having Rei inadvertantly 
wiggle around on his lap when she was trying to wrestle the book from Peter.
* Chomei looks back at the doorway to the normal passanger area. "And I doubt 
you're gonna have to worry about the other passengers either. They seem nice and 
safe back there."
<Peter> I refuse.
<Chie> Then Rei keeps the book.  Simple as that.
<Rei> Come on, Prof.  What've you got to lose?  Your dignity?  Overrated.
* Chomei nods.
<Chie> Way overrated.
<Lazar> ... is record of demon in Transylvania that forced victims to sing until 
they died, actually.
<Chomei> What, a were-mic?
<Lazar> No, no were-creature. Actual demon-type thing.
* Rei flips through the book a little more, then reaches down, nearly teetering 
off Makoto in the process. She hauls her backpack up, opens it, and stuffs the 
book in.
* Chie looks around at the group. "Okay, if the prof won't sing... Chomei. You 
sing for us." She grins madly.
<Chomei> Me?  Sing?  Um...  I don't know what I'd sing.
* Chomei smiles a little sheepishly.
<Chie> You've got to know something, right?
<Lazar> According to legend, was finally defeated by warrior what could no 
speak.
* Peter yawns and leans back to take a nap then.
<Maria> ( This was also the origin of the phrase 'strong, silent type'. )
<Chie> (Hee.)
* Chomei shakes his head. "Mom never let me really listen to music. Funny how 
she didn't have any problem with me playing FPS's..."
* Chie boggles. "She *what*? No music? That's... that's just *wrong*!"
<Rei> Lotsa parents do things that are wrong.
<Chie> But... but music is good for the soul!
* Chomei shrugs.
<Chie> It's something that's a constant in every culture!  It has history!
<Lazar> Music soothe savage beast. Unless it bad music.
<Chie> Songs can express things so much better than just saying them!
* Maria sleeps in agreement.
<Chomei> Well, there's some stuff that I got a hold of that she never found out 
I had.  It's really loud and I could never make the lyrics out, though.
* Chie laughs. "Did you leave the volume up too loud for too long? You can hurt 
your ears that way, y'know."
* Makoto grins faintly.
* Chomei smirks. "What?"
* Rei yawns a little and settles more comfortably on Makoto's lap.
<Chie> Exactly.
* Chie grins.
<Chie> But, man... not only do I have to teach all of you guys how to appreciate 
the classics, I'm gonna have to start with the basics for you, Chomei.
* Makoto looks at Chie.
* Chomei shrugs.
<Makoto> Music becomes "Classic" after fifty years?
<Makoto> I thought it had to be at least a hundred.
<Rei> Well, technically, there was a classical age of music, and a lot of the 
orchestral stuff doesn't fall into it.
<Chie> Some of the stuff I listen to is almost eighty.
<Chie> It depends on how you define classic.  My definition is probably quite 
different from most people's.
<Rei> Hey, Chomei.
<Lazar> Classic is violin music.
<Rei> Why do you always wear black?
<Chomei> Umm...  I like the color black?  And I don't have to worry too much 
about getting it messy?
<Chie> Wearing black is not a guarantee that you won't get messy.  I speak from 
far too much experience.
* Chie grins.
* Rei makes a face.
<Lazar> Is stealthy.
<Rei> Chomei is *not* stealthy.
<Lazar> Like ninja.
<Chie> Please note that I'm in blue today.  All my black clothes are in the 
laundry.  Or my luggage.  And yet, I've spilled nothing on them.  Perhaps I 
should make this a permanent change.
<Chomei> Me?  Stealthy like ninja?  Not really.
<Lazar> ( *is suddenly reminded of a quote from an old friend of his* "What the 
hell's the point of a black condom? Stealth?!" )
* Chomei shakes his head. "Now I'm talking like Lazar now."
<Lazar> But without nifty accent.
<Rei> (I'm sure Makoto has wondered that more than once.)
* Maria mutters something about hiding in shadows. z.z
* Makoto grins.
* Rei digs in a side pocket of her backpack and pulls out a handful of rubber 
bands. She grins madly.
<Makoto> Honestly, I think too much black gets really old really quickly.
* Chomei shrugs. "Maybe that's why not all my clothes are black?"
<Chie> In my case... well, most people have the same color hair every day, but 
they change their clothes.  I mostly wear the same color clothes, but I change 
my hair all the time.  
<Rei> Coulda fooled me.
<Chie> He wore a blue shirt once.  Navy blue.
* Rei carefully wraps a rubber band around one hand so it looks like her pointer 
finger's a gun. She sticks her tongue out the side of her mouth and aims at 
Maria.
<Rei> Navy!  That's like ships and armies and things!
* Rei fires!
* Chie giggles.
<Chomei> Oh, and the darker fabrics are easier to work with too... it's easier 
to hide the mistakes.  Not like I make any anymore, but still.
* Makoto gives Chie a grin. "Technically speaking, I change my hair AND my 
clothes at least twice a day, often more."
* Maria snatches the rubber band out of mid-air, and then opens her eyes.
* Chie laughs at Makoto. "Yeah, but you cheat."
<Rei> Curses!  Foiled again!
* Rei reloads and fires at Maria a second time!
* Maria blinks at the rubber band. She stretches it. She grins. And then she 
gets hit by the second one. x_x
* Rei cackles!
<Maria> Eep!
<Rei> Uh, he did it!
* Rei points at Makoto.
* Chomei chuckles.
<Maria> Makoto! You die now!
<Makoto> Wha-huh?
<Makoto> What did I do?
* Chie grins. "Oh, yeah. He's gonna get it."
* Makoto holds Rei in front of him like a shield.
* Rei yipes. "Forgot! He's my chair! Oof!"
* Maria peeks over the back of her seat at Makoto. "Don't play innocent with 
me!"
* Lazar leans back in his seat, closes his eyes, and starts softly speaking in 
Hebrew again.
<Makoto> No violence without explanation, or at least without letting me cop a 
feel first!
* Chomei whistles innocently.
* Chie cracks up.
<Rei> Cop a- hey!
* Rei thwaps Makoto upside the back of the head.
* Makoto peers out from behind Rei's ear, still using her as a comfy--and mildly 
vengeful--shield.
<Makoto> Did you ask bec--oof--because you didn't hear, or because you want a 
more detailed explanation?
* Maria perches on the back of her chair. "Is it something I probably wouldn't 
want you to explain?"
* Makoto grins wickedly.
<Makoto> Maybe not at first.  I'm sure you'd get to like it pretty quickly, 
though.
* Chie fishes in her pocket and comes up with a piece of paper. She quickly 
folds it into a paper airplane and launches it in Makoto's direction.
* Maria grins wickedly, too. "Oh, well then." And she brings her fist down on 
Mako's head. *whack*
* Rei takes the plane in the face. "Ack!"
<Maria> Pervert.
* Chie giggles. "Oops! That was Chomei's fault, really!"
<Rei> Was it really now?
* Rei eyes Chomei.
<Chie> Absolutely!  He... uh... he breathed wrong and it threw the plane off 
course!  Yeah!
<Rei> Curse you and your breathing, Chomei!  Take that!
* Rei fires a rubber band in his direction.
* Maria sweatdrops.
* Chomei is snapped awake when the rubber band hits his head. "What'd I do?"
<Rei> You breathed!
<Chomei> ...  Right.
<Chie> You did!  And it threw the trajectory of my plane off so it hit Rei!
* Chomei takes the rubber band and shoots it back at Rei.
* Makoto is dazed. @_@
* Rei ducks out of the way, so it hits Makoto.
<Chomei> Well you should account for natural air currents then.
* Makoto is struck again!
<Rei> You, Chomei, are hardly natural.
<Makoto> Wuf.
* Chie pulls another piece of paper out and starts folding. "Okay, this time, we 
send it at Makoto. Got it?" She grins over at Chomei.
* Maria hops over to another seat and semisits again.
* Chomei nods. He folds another paper airplane.
* Makoto stage collapses forward, leaning on Rei.
<Makoto> Woe!  I am slain!
<Rei> Aieee!
* Rei tumbles off Makoto's lap. "The pain, the pain!"
<Maria> Serves ya right!
* Chie finishes her airplane. "Okay, now! While his shield's down!" She launches 
her plane at Makoto.
<Rei> Sneak attack!
* Maria shakes an angry fist aimlessly.
* Chomei launches his plane at Makoto. "Sucker!"
* Rei fires rubber bands at Chomei and Chie from the floor.
* Chomei dodges, so both rubber bands hit Chie.
* Chie puts her arm up and gets hit by the rubber bands. "Oh, the humanity! 
Avenge me, Chomei! Or at least stop dodging!"
* Makoto is struck by both planes, and lies still. He's a very convincing 
corpse.
<Chomei> I shall avenge you... or something.
* Chie looks over at their opponents. "Or did we win? I think we won!"
* Chomei takes both rubber bands and turns them into a makeshift paper 
slingshot.
* Rei sits up, considers, then pokes Makoto in the side.
<Chomei> We won?  What'd we win?
* Chie attempts to high-five Chomei. "Ha! We rule!"
<Rei> (Chomei is too lame to make a high-five.)
<Chie> Gloating rights until the next battle, of course.
* Chomei high-fives Chie's hand. "Ah, okay."
<Chomei> (The lame is strong with this one. ~_^)
* Maria bides her time, until she can defeat them all. z.z
<Maria> ( *snerk* )
* Makoto is still corpsey.
* Rei hrms, then tries tickling Makoto.
<Makoto> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 9.
* Makoto fails to resist, and snorts as he tries to keep from laughing.
<Demota> ( Time to break out hte potato salad. )
* Chie grins madly. "Get 'im, Rei!"
<Demota> ( Or pull Rei's tail. )
<Rei> Chie commands me, and I cannot resist!
* Rei keeps tickling. "This is my bring you back to life spell. Awaken, Makoto 
Imagawa!"
* Chie laughs. "Exactly!"
<Makoto> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 11.
* Makoto cracks up.
<Makoto> Mercy, mercy!
<Chie> Everybody should do what I say.  The world would work out so much better 
that way, really.
<Rei> Only if you say please. o/~
<Chomei> The world would be a much stranger place too.
* Chie grins at Chomei. "Nothin' wrong with that."
* Chomei smirks. "That's what you think."
<Chie> Oh yeah?  Name one thing that would be bad if I ran the world.
<Maria> Noise.
<Chie> Ha.  People would get used to it, after a while.  And maybe they'd even 
like it.
<Chie> Or was that your way of telling us to be quiet so you can get some rest?
* Rei keeps tickling, meanwhile. ^^
<Chomei> Um, let's see...  You'd probably get rid of the speed limits, people 
would probably rebel against you after less than a year...
<Rei> (It's like in Civilization!  She didn't build enough coliseums!)
<Chie> Bah!  I would *crush* the rebellions under the heel of my sneakers!
<Maria> Must be big sneakers.
<Makoto> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Makoto (2d6) and gets 9.
<Chomei> That too.
* Makoto is apparently pretty ticklish.
<Chie> Not really.  My feet are pretty small, actually.  But it's the symbolism 
of the thing!
<Chomei> Nobody wants a leader with big-ass shoes.
* Chie pulls one leg out and drapes it over the side of her chair, so that 
Chomei can get a good look at her sneaker. "I do *not* have big-ass shoes. See?"
* Makoto tickles Rei back!
* Chomei smirks. "Well yeah, but if you were going to crush rebellions under 
those heels, you're gonna need be big-ass shoes."
* Rei blinks as she tries squirming out of the way. "H- hey! You're not supposed 
to- ack!"
<Rei> 2d6
* Dicesuke throws the bones for Rei (2d6) and gets 6.
<Chie> It was figurative!  Not literal!  Geez, you people don't understand 
anything!
* Chie puts her foot down and grins.
* Rei doesn't get away in time and bursts into laughter. She stops tickling so 
she can try fending him off.
* Maria goes back to sleep. z.z
<Chomei> (Make an unarmed defense (tickles) roll! ^_^)
* Makoto presses his advantage, and tickles Rei more!
* Rei keeps laughing and scoots back, bumping into Chomei's chair. "Oof!"
* Chomei looks at Rei. "Watch out for the cockroaches down there."
<Chie> I shall crush them!  Wait, are there really any?
<Chomei> Maaaybe.
* Rei climbs to her feet and rundives onto/over Makoto. She ends up on the floor 
on the other side. "Chomei's a cockroach!"
* Chie puts her foot up again. "Since my sneakers are so big and all."
* Maria continues sleeping. She seems an easy target.
* Chomei eyes Chie's foot and smiles. "You really shouldn't put your feet up 
like that."
<Chie> And why is that?
<RowynEatyn> (A grue comes in the night and eats Maria)
<Maria> ( <Maria> ;_; )
* Rei climbs onto her seat, then shuts down and closes BOX, putting it away.
* Chie smirks. "Y'know, it really helps when your opponent isn't wearing shoes. 
Nice try, though." She puts her foot down.
* Chomei shrugs. "Tickling isn't the only thing you can do to a foot, you know."
* Makoto leans over Rei and flips up the arms of his chair and hers, and then 
flops across the seats--and Rei.
<Makoto> Wake me when we're there.
<Chie> Ha.  You just say that because you didn't get a chance.  And you do 
realize taht you've opened yourself up to retaliation.
* Makoto affects a loud and obnoxious snore.
<Chomei> Oh, and what are you going to retaliate with?
* Rei blinks down at Makoto, then giggles and puts her hand over his mouth. 
"Gotcha."
* Chie grins. "What do you think?"
* Chomei grins back. "Now now, I don't want to give you any ideas. You have to 
come up with them on your own."
<Chie> And you don't think I already have a thousand and one ways to get my 
revenge planned already?  Shame on you, Chomei.  You should know better than to 
underestimate me like that.
* Makoto manages to snore ~around~ Rei's hand, but not very loudly.
* Rei eyes Makoto, then pinches his nose.
* Makoto coughs, and stops snoring. To free up his mouth for breathing, he licks 
Rei's hand.
<Chomei> Maybe I'm not the one underestimating you, but you're the one 
underestimating me?
* Chie leans back in her chair. "'Course, the trouble with having so many plans 
is that it's hard to pick one..."
* Chomei nods.
<Rei> Eew!
* Chomei leans back and closes his eyes. "Wake me when you come up with one."
* Rei pulls her hand away and wipes it on Makoto's shirt.
* Makoto grins and sits up in his own seat again.
<Chie> Underestimate you?  Hmm.  Well, you do manage to surprise me every once 
in a while... okay, fine.  Go sleep.  I'll sit here and plot.
* Rei sticks her tongue out at Makoto.
* Chie closes her eyes. Evil plots, evil plots, evil... zzzz...
* Rei yawns and goes about looking out the window. Pretty.
<Rei> [And so, the flight continues!  Will they make it?  Heck if we know.]
<Rei> [Session End.]