[Day Friday, June 20th! Time: 12:45 PM? Maybe later?] [Keiko's at Rose's door! Heinrick's left her here after their conversation. She's staring at it. Mini start!] (Stare, Keiko, stare!) (Maybe if you stare hard enough, it'll burst into flames! ...wait, that's Luana's power.) (Keiko can manage!) (She can take the hinges apart with HER MIND!) * Keiko raises her hand and hits it against the door once, hard. "Roseli." * Roseli opens the door after a few moments. She blinks, a little tiredly, at Keiko. "Yes?" * Keiko looks up at her, her hand running over the wounded arm. "I... Eileen. I have been thinking about Eileen." * Roseli looks down at Keiko's arm. "I see." She opens the door more widely. "Come in?" * Keiko looks to her a moment, then nods slowly. "I... alright." * Keiko tries to walk in past Rose. Or after Rose. However she works this. * Roseli steps aside for the Keiko. Her office is neater than Keiko remembers - she must have been cleaning up. * Keiko walks in, then! She stays standing, letting her hand run up to her collar, fingering that idly now. * Roseli closes her door after Keiko enters and remains there, at least for now. "What about Eileen?" * Keiko is silent a moment, then replies, "I need... to be prepared. She will be around every corner until she isn't around any." * Roseli nods, slowly. "But you're always ready. Not enough?" Not enough. * Roseli thinks about that, then says, "Eileen singles you out. Repeatedly." * Keiko looks aside slightly. "She and I... she likes the results." And you? * Keiko looks back to Roseli. "I am... the only one that can stand against her." * Keiko then looks down. "I am... tired of thinking of her, Roseli. Very tired." * Roseli frowns slightly. "Only ends when you or she are dead - when you know she's dead." * Keiko looks back to her. "I need to train against her." * Roseli blinks. She looks almost surprised. You want me to help? * Keiko nods slightly, then licks her lips. "Yes." * Roseli glances around her office, then asks, "Now?" * Keiko mms, then tilts her head. "Do you have something else to do?" No. * Roseli opens the door and steps out, waving for Keiko to come with her. * Keiko nods slightly and walks after Rose. * Roseli leads the way to the gym. Assuming Keiko says nothing, they get there in silence. * Keiko says, after a few moments, "The security people knew nothing. Too afraid to watch." * Keiko flexes her hands idly as they get to the gym, letting them drop to her sides. * Roseli snorts in response. Figures. Left Berenstein alone with Cyra under fear of firing. * Keiko looks to Rose. "Strange, what fear does." * Roseli doesn't look back. "Can ignore anything, if frightened enough. Even your job." * Roseli leads the way into the gym, picking out a sectioned out area. She starts placing some of the thinner mats on the floor. * Keiko half-smiles. "Maybe you can." The smile slips away as she rubs her neck and lets Rose set up, some of the mats just ending up right near her hands after Keiko moves them to her. Figure you stare harder instead, Keiko? * Roseli gets the area matted up soon enough, with Keiko's help. * Keiko replies, "Can't break from an order." * Roseli nudges the last mat into place and just stands there. She takes gum out of her pants pocket, looks at it, and then places it back in before she just tucks both hands into her pockets. "No, you can't." * Keiko presses her lips together, then her shield springs up as she replies, "Should I throw things at you?" * Roseli smiles slightly. "Your choice," she says, before she springs forward and for Keiko, her right hand coming out of its pocket with a switchblade. * Keiko 's eyes widen a touch as she steps aside, the wounded arm coming up slightly to deflect it if she has to, but it just slips by her. Her other hand pulls a brick free to fly towards the advancing Rose, but she's clearly already on the defensive. * Roseli sidesteps the brick easily, darting in to punch through Keiko's shield and towards her stomach with the knife. "Too close," she comments. * Keiko bites back, "Teleporter," as she kicks off the ground to cause herself to twist _around_ the knife's thrust, defensively. A brick flies wildly from her coat as she does so, and she lands back on the ground just off to the side of the line of attack. No, that didn't do much for her balance. (Think an aerial lateral spin. Whee!) * Roseli 's eyes widen at the brick, and even though it's a wild toss, she has to dive to the side. "Exactly," she responds as she rolls to her feet. She circles briefly before darting in and feinting for Keiko's side. * Keiko regains her balance somewhat as Rose gives her a moment, then she hisses, "It's always close." She tries to dodge around the feint to the outside of Rose's arm, so at least she's got a bad angle, another brick flying free at close range. * Roseli finishes by pulling back, the brick nicking her arm as she does so. Rose doesn't wince, though, instead bringing the knife to the side as Keiko happens to be right there. * Keiko tries to reach her hand out to grab Rose's arm, since it's not like the shield's doing her any good, and the knife catches her stomach slightly. She hisses in pain, then says back, "It's... not the same, gnn..." as she lets go of her, dancing back as she tries to hit Rose with a concrete block. * Roseli darts forward, which conveniently gets her out of the way of the block. She turns rushes for Keiko, extending her empty hand in an attempt to grab her in a hold Keiko's all too familiar with. * Keiko starts to try the kick-move again, but all of a sudden her eyes widen a touch and she doesn't go nearly anywhere enough to dodge, Rose's hand ending up right at her neckline unless she gets the head grab in. * Roseli modifies her grab, her hand landing on Keiko's collar/neck/shoulder as she tries to pull the girl roughly to earth and bring her knife in line. * Keiko manages to toss a brick between them, but she can't pull free of Rose's grip, her hands after the throw going to Rose's on her neck. * Roseli takes the brick full on with a grunt and a wince, as she wasn't looking down to see it. Keiko putting her grip on Rose's neck just makes her tighten the grip more as she switches her blade shut behind her back. She throws herself at the other girl, closed knife hand first. * Keiko has nowhere to go, and gets hit in the stomach. But that's probably not quite as interesting as her still staring at Rose. And then Rose hears the voice in her head, very quietly, ~Imagining... me in segments the whole way.~ * Roseli lets go of Keiko in an instant, staring at her. "What?" she asks, the thought echoing: ~What?~ Followed immediately by her looking around and flipping the blade open again. ~What was that?~ * Keiko takes a step back from Rose's panic, thinking back at her, ~Keiko. I--you--have thoughts.~ * Roseli focuses on Keiko again. ~I'm going crazy. It's happening again. I'm going crazy.~ Her grip on her knife tightens. "You?" * Keiko grits her teeth as she thinks back, still kinda muted, ~Me. I'm gonna wave. Don't stab me.~ She waves her hand slightly. ~See? Me.~ ~I'm not sure you're you, though. I can't usually... see you. Even through fog.~ * Roseli keeps staring. ~I see. Fucking drugs, they- Keiko can hear this. She can hear *me*.~ There's a growing panic with Rose's train of thought. ~How is that even possible?~ ~I was trying to dodge.~ ~Just like with Eileen.~ ~Dodge? Oh- reading in combat.~ * Roseli keeps her eyes on Keiko as she flips her knife closed and tucks it away. ~Yes.~ ~Can you normally read Eileen?~ * Keiko rubs her arms and then her neck. ~Last two times, she didn't even try to stop me.~ * Roseli 's thoughts rush out, in a way that says she's thinking instead of communicating, as Keiko would recognize. ~She must know there are things there Keiko'd hate to see. Sadism and torture. Keiko ending up like her would be a great achievement. And Keiko rushing forward would only involve closing her in it.~ * Keiko wraps her arms around herself and closes her eyes. ~So make sure she has no other choice.~ ~It is you, isn't it? Keiko? I'm not hearing things.~ * Roseli focuses on Keiko again - or more around Keiko, as though she's expecting to see something that isn't there. ~It's... me, yes.~ * Keiko waves her hand slightly again. ~Right, sorry. Fucking drugs- sorry.~ (It has to be awesome, hearing Rose apologize so much at once! Or maybe just excessively weird.) * Roseli sighs and has a seat on the mats. * Keiko runs her fingers along her collar again. ~It... is kinda weird. That order... I didn't even try.~ ~How could she have even gotten through? What do you mean, Keiko? Which order?~ * Keiko keeps looking to Rose as she sits. ~Heinrick's order. This is... kinda hard. It's like there's things... pushing me far away.~ ~Orders won't matter anymore. Not for anyone. Not for Jamie.~ * Roseli accompanies that last bit with a serious amount of worry. * Keiko looks up and to the left. ~If we get out of here, yes...~ and then her eyes return to Rose. ~What's wrong with Jamie? Besides everything?~ * Roseli closes her eyes. ~Jamie, the order to stop the potential order. It could result in her death. In everyone's... I have to, to save her. If she wants to be saved. I hope she'd thank me, someday. Always barely there. Never another way.~ * Keiko sucks in her upper lip. ~I can help. I've helped before.~ ~Keiko has helped before. It's good of you, Keiko, but some things, Jamie has to develop herself. Ten will come back. Ten is Jamie. Only a matter of time.~ * Keiko starts, then thinks back, ~The order that sealed her off. Yes.~ ~It'll keep her alive. But two should be one.~ ~Obviously. I always intended to rescind the order. It'll just happen sooner than later.~ * Keiko puts a hand to her temple. ~Nnh. Roseli, can you make this easier?~ * Roseli opens her eyes and looks at Keiko. ~Eaiser? How? Isn't it enough that you're in my head?~ * Keiko thinks back, ~Do you want me out? We can't talk out. People watching.~ * Roseli blinks, and somehow Keiko gets both yes and no from her thoughts at the same time. * Keiko frowns, then runs her finger around her ear. ~You... nnh. A signal. We can do this now. We need a signal.~ ~Telepathy is not an area in which I'm an expert. Suppose it's best I didn't end up with Keiko as my ward as I'd originally requested. Wouldn't want Jamie under Heinrick or Togo's care either... a signal, all right. What is it Keiko uses for Heinrick?~ * Keiko 's eyes widen a touch, then she thinks, ~I--Roseli--you noticed?~ * Roseli blinks again. ~Noticed what? Clarify please.~ * Keiko shakes her head. ~Nothing. Signal.~ She runs her finger vertically from her ear to her neck. ~My signal for you?~ * Roseli frowns slightly. ~Hardly nothing, Keiko. Dodging everything as usual. She always was a dodgy brat.~ 'Brat' isn't accompanied by any ill will or even annoyance, however. ~A signal, let's see. Tapping the temple is a little obvious. Wrist, though. Wrist is very me.~ That last one's sad and slightly amused. ~And Keiko never does it accidentally.~ * Keiko manages to keep her mouth shut, although her mouth turns down in a frown slightly. ~I don't know if that'll actually work, though. I don't know if this is a fluke or repeatable. It bears further testing, for sure. If we get the chance, anyway, and Keiko's willing. Or I'm willing.~ * Keiko frowns. ~Yes, that's why we need the signal. To try... try again. So I tap my wrist. You?~ * Roseli looks down at her bracelet and frowns more deeply, running her finger along it. ~Shit's going to hit the fan soon enough, anyway. I have a refill, but-~ She blinks and tries to bring her thoughts more into line, probably with limited success. ~I'm not sure. Wrist won't work. What would you like, Keiko?~ * Keiko looks at her a moment, then replies, ~Fingers to your stomach?~ * Roseli starts at that, and she actually laughs. ~Yes, that works. That's perfect; a very Keiko motion. Always wondered why she does that. Not entirely my business, wouldn't ask, never did, but a puzzle.~ * Keiko 's eyes flick away a moment, then back to Rose. ~Need to practice. They will get suspicious.~ ~Suspicious? Ah.~ * Roseli stops laughing. ~Control. I can learn this control. Always control. It just takes time.~ Her fingers play over the keys on her bracelet before she stops herself. ~No.~ * Roseli gets to her feet. * Keiko bites her lip a moment, then steps back forward. ~I won't be able to hold this against you when we start. We... after. Talk after?~ ~Hold what against me? What are you talking about, Keiko?~ ~The telepathy. Trying to dodge and trying to think at you. It's too hard.~ * Keiko stretches her fingers again. ~Might flicker in and out.~ ~I see. I wouldn't know, but I understand. We might talk afterwards. It depends; I know Heinrick wanted to talk to me at some point. Ready for more training?~ * Keiko nods slightly. ~If he's still alive. I think he had pointed questions for Schneider.~ ~Who knows Togo's a spy. This is all very wrong.~ * Roseli snorts. ~Somehow it all gets more wrong, and it was wrong in the beginning. But disaster on this scale makes for strange bedfellows. Just hope you girls can make it out relatively unscathed.~ She takes out her blade and flips it open. ~Ready?~ ~Maybe you can too. That doesn't sound so bad.~ * Keiko 's position shifts slightly in response to the blade and she nods. ~You can channel her now.~ * Roseli smiles slightly. ~I've got no fucking clue what to do with myself. Go with Jamie, because there's nothing else to do? But I need the drug. I lose control when not on it, and I'm almost as bad when I am. Always under someone else's control in order to be in control. Even Heinrick, maybe...~ * Roseli breaks the train of thought at Keiko's assent and her level of control reasserts itself, as she focuses entirely on Eileen's fighting style, her sadistic glee, and her suddenness. There is no further (Let me finish that.) (I bet!) 'prepare yourself' as Rose shifts her stance and resumes attacking Keiko. * Keiko bites her lip hard at the last thought, and then as Rose assumes Eileen's manner her mouth rests slightly open and she starts dancing around the knife again, doing the dance of bricks. (End here?) (Think so!) [Minisession End!]