[Day: Sunday, June 19th. Time: 1:00 p.m.] [Whilst Peter, Shig and Etc. do all that boring-type stuff, Chie and Eoi go somewhere private to talk, and where better to go than the local MacDougal's in Xi'an?] [Mini Start] * Eoi orders yummy food! Sadly, this is MacDougals, so he just orders something not too leathal. * Chie orders a salad. Surely, they can't mess that up too horribly, right? (Wrong!) [Your food looks edible!] [Probably.] * Eoi sits down at an open booth and motions for Chie to sit. * Chie pays for it and eyes it briefly, before shrugging and following Eoi- sensei to the booth. * Eoi sips his soda and looks at Chie. "So, Chiebo. What's up?" * Chie pokes at the lettuce with a fork briefly. "Well, Eoi-sensei, there's something I've been wanting to ask you for a while." How I keep my Naginata in such great shape? * Chie smiles. "No, it doesn't have anything to do with Naginatas. At least, I think it doesn't. It has to do with swords, actually. More specifically..." She lowers her voice. "Ambition." .. Hm. What about it? Well, when Katsu had it... he tried to kill me. Once. When I was off by myself, visiting my parents. ... * Eoi frowns. "If.. I was pretty sure I killed Ambition. If.. if I didn't, or if he was brought back, it probably remembers the pain I cause." And yer the new exorcism person for this MC. It was probably scare of ya. Be better if ya had a Naginata tho'. Then you'd really scare the shit out of it. * Chie shakes her head. "That wasn't quite why, though. It wasn't Ambition that wanted me dead... Katsu said it was Mr. E." .. Huh, Mr. E? Oh, that guy. * Eoi frowns. "I.. don't know why he would." You okay? * Chie looks up at the ceiling for a moment, then back at Eoi. "No, I'm not really okay. And as for why... well, he said, in perhaps the most cliched dialogue ever, 'If you find out the truth about yourself, it will cause great trouble for Mr. E.'" Hm. * Eoi drums his fingers on the desk. "I'm bein' honest Chie. I don't know anything special about you besides what's already apparaent." But if ya got something special hidden inside ya, might be worth lookin' in to. Dammit. That was what I was gonna ask you. I was hoping you might have noticed something while you were training me. * Chie sighs. But, yeah, it is worth looking into. If I've got some sort of Mysterious Powers that people want me... not around to use, then I want to know what they are so I can actually start using them. Ya might wanna talk to that stuffy guy. Maybe he knows somethin'. * Eoi grins at Chie. "But I'll talk to Shig about it. Maybe he can figure something out." The prof? Well, I've already told him about this, so... you will? Thanks. * Chie smiles back. Anybody else that you think might be good to ask? Not really, sorry Chie. ( *I* know somebody ^^ ) * Eoi grins. "But I get the feeling you'll figure it out." Maybe you should try using a Naginata. * Chie nods. "That's okay. Thanks, Eoi-sensei. I've just gotta keep working at it, I guess... and no. Although..." Okay, promise me something? Sho' thing. Please don't say "I told you so" when I show you this. * Eoi raises an eyebrow. "Show me what?" * Chie plops her bag on the table. "My sword's in there. Concentrate on it for a minute. I think you'll notice something about it..." * Eoi focuses! You got yourself a spirit in your sword. Wacky. What's the deal? * Chie puts the bag on the floor. "Yes, yes I do. I didn't *ask* for it. It just sort of... happened. I think she was bored." Her name's Nea, by the way. She was hangin' out with some other guy named Quing. * Eoi chokes on the soda he was sipping. "Quing?!" Yeah. Wait, you knew him or something? Yeah. He was.. he was part of Mystery Club. He died early on. * Chie blinks. "He was. Oh... I'm sorry." Fightin' some Kappa. Guy wasn't very bright, and that's comin' from ME. * Chie smirks briefly. "Actually, I met him and Nea when we were taking care of some kappa, too." Man, that was ages ago. Havn't thought about it in ages. * Chie sighs. "I'm sorry, Eoi-sensei. Didn't mean to bring up bad memories." Naw, it's okay Chie. Ya asked. So, how are you n' the spirit gettin' along? Well, we argued for a while, because I was none too pleased that she decided to take up residence in my sword. And then... when Katsu came after me, she... pretty much saved my life. Shattered my sword in the process, but I was still *alive* so that didn't matter all that much. So I got a new sword, and she moved back in. She's been pretty quiet since then, actually. Hm. Well, hey. Never can hurt to have another friend, y'know? And she seems to think I've got some sort of powers, too, although she doesn't know what they are, either. And, yeah. Friends are nice. It's good to have them. * Chie smiles. * Eoi sips his soda and takes a bite out of his RandomEdibleFood. .. So, still not gonna switch to a Naginata, huh? I could even get you a training one. * Chie laughs. "Hey, I still remember a little bit from when we sparred. But, still... I kinda like being able to combine what both my teachers have taught me." Well, I won't force ya. But if you *really* want... you still owe me a birthday present, you know. * Chie grins. * Eoi grins. "I'll getcha somethin' nice." * Chie laughs. "Thanks, Eoi-sensei." She eats a bit of the salad. "And, y'know... for the most part, I'm glad I joined Mystery Club." Heh. Know how you feel. Give it time tho'. Time to see what else can happen? Time not to be exploded by a random pop culture reference. ...right. * Chie shakes her head. Sometime, you're going to have to tell me all of your stories. That'll take a while. Maybe next time ya visit? * Chie grins. "Absolutely!" I bet I'll have more stories of my own to tell... hopefully mostly good ones. * Eoi grins. "It's a deal." Oh, and Eoi-sensei... Yeah? Seriously now. Did the Naginata *really* save the world? You bet. Just ask Shiggy. He'll tell you. ^_^ * Chie laughs. "Okay. I might just do that." [End]