[Day: Monday, November 8th. Time: 5:45 p.m.] [Weather: Somewhat warm. Clear skies.] [You're in a karaoke place! There's a pool of blood on the ground that used to be a mutant rat. It tried to kill you, but it didn't succeed. Obviously. There's also a rather nasty corpse behind the counter. Natsumi is passed out and on Isamu's shoulder, while Hanase has called the police.] [The person on the other end of the phone doesn't seem to believe there was any kind of rat attack. As he last said, "So the rat is dead, then?"] [Session Start!] "Yes, but it's melte... uh, it's dead. Yes." "It is? Okay." * Chisato walks over to Isamu and holds out his phone. "Here you are." * Isamu lets Hanase talk. He brings his free arm up and checks out the nasty gashes and torn sleeve, then frowns. "Fuck." Then he blinks and looks up at Chisato. But someone is dead. And somebody else is hurt. "Are you okay?" * Isamu takes the phone, tucking it away. "Thanks." "Alright, we'll send a patrol car an paramedics immediately. Please remain at the location until they arrive." Fine. Yeah, I'll be okay. What about your leg? *He hangs up* "It hurts, but I think it's not that bad." * Hanase snaps her phone shut. "They're sending an ambulance." * Chisato looks back to Hanase. "Thank you for calling them." * Isamu nods. "It's about the same. I'm cool." He turns his attention to Hanase and nods. What the hell was going on in here? I don't go "clubbing" often, but are large rats usually part of the festivities? ... Yeah. Yeah, they are. "It was inside the dead guy," Chisato says, and it's the return of her eerie calm voice. Yeah, dead guys are usually part of it, too. * Hanase snorts. "Your sarcasm could use some polishing." She looks around sourly. Who's being sarcastic? * Isamu glances at the dead guy, then just walks out. "'m gonna get air." (By Hanase, even!) ( Not me. I'm NEVER sarcastic. ) ( You need to practice being a jerk more. I put long hours into my bitchiness, and it shows.) (Ha!) "How is Natsumi?" * Hanase steps to the side to give Isamu a wide berth. She glowers as he passes. "Don't drop the girl while you're concentrating on breathing." Oh, *you* wanna hold her? * Isamu does pass and gets out of the karaoke place of death. Now he's dripping blood onto the sidewalk! * Chisato follows. (Is it still sunny out?) (And I presume it was darkened inside, right?) * Hanase looks around, and when Chisato's left, she shivers slightly. Then she heads outside. [It is still sunny outside.] * Chisato blinks a few times as she exits into the sunlight. * Isamu shifts Natsumi so she's in his arms, and he decides to just sit down against the wall of the building, gazing across the street. "She's not too heavy?" Huh? Nah. Right arm hurts a little, but it'll do that anyway. * Hanase fidgets with her bow a little. She's standing off a ways from Chisato and Isamu. * Chisato nods. "Okay." She leans back against the same wall, a few feet from Isamu. "What do you think that thing was?" * Isamu shrugs. "A rat?" (Chisato's still standing up, just leaning back.) "It was... it wasn't just a rat..." Chisato takes a deep breath. ... Okay, so it was a fucking *demon* rat that likes eating our insides. [You hear sirens in the distance.] It was a fucking demon rat, alright. "Uh huh." Chisato agrees. What the hell was with that sword? Pointy. No shit? No shit. Why the fuck is it in your ARM? 'Cause it likes it there. Clearly you're stupider than I gave you credit for. (He likes me. Yay!) If your credit was worth fucking *anything*, maybe I'd care. (Yeah, we are so ending up together by the time the campaign is over.) "Hey!" Chisato frowns at Hanase. "He saved Natsumi's life." (You totally are.) (Isamu/Hanase OTP.) (Whoo, my name's first!) * Hanase sniffs. "Just because you don't recognize value when you see it's no reason to act like an ass." She looks at Chisato, then back to Isamu. (Curse you!) (*gloats*) * Isamu glances back down at Natsumi to make sure she isn't, y'know, dead. [She doesn't seem dead. (Not dead, not yet quite dead.) * Hanase checks her bow to see if it got damaged at all. * Isamu turns his attention to Hanase. "Who're you gonna shoot with that?" [Hanase's bow is fine!] Nobody, unless your other hand spits out arrows. * Isamu shrugs. "Not as far as I know." My string broke at practice. I was over there getting a new one. * Hanase points. Lucky us. You needed somebody that could work a cell phone, apparently. * Isamu rolls his eyes. "Yeah, sure. Bet she coulda done it without confusing the cops." Calling in a giant demon rat? Nah, not gonna make the desk jockey think you're nuts at all. "You saw it." That does not mean the police aren't going to have us in straightjackets. * Isamu doesn't even bother answering Hanase. He listens to the sirens. "Maybe if Isamu shows them his sword. Or... uh... no, that's probably a bad idea." [The cops arrive, followed shortly by an ambulance. The paramedics get out and immediately try to get Natsumi onto a stretcher.] [Meanwhile, the cops (two of them, a tall lanky guy and a short fat guy) approach the three of you. "One of you kids report an incident here?"] * Isamu doesn't respond to Chisato, 'cause the police show! He doesn't show them his sword, though. And he helps the paramedics out with Natsumi if they need him to. * Hanase looks at the officers. "I did." [The tall cop nods. "Care to tell us what happened?" Meanwhile, the short one heads inside.] * Isamu is bleeding still! So's Chisato. There was a giant rat attacking people. * Hanase points to Isamu and Chisato. "You'd do better to ask them. I came in midway." "It was huge!" [He nods. "How big is 'giant'? Half a foot?"] "Bigger." It was ugly. I think it got the guy inside, or something. ["So... a full foot, then? That is pretty large."] It was a rather immense rat, yes. "Maybe a bit bigger than that..." Chisato shudders. [The short guy comes out. He motions. "Taro, come here a second."] [The tall cop glances at him, then says to you, "Excuse me a minute." He walks over to the short one to confer.] * Hanase mutters. "They're not going to believe us." * Chisato looks at Hanase. "They might not believe it's a demon or something, but if we just say it was a really big rat, why not?" And it was a *really* fucking big rat. * Hanase stares flatly back. "Rats don't melt when you kill them. We've got no evidence." [Meanwhile, the paramedics finish with Natsumi and approach you. "Is anyone injured?"] "Isamu is." Chisato points at his arm. Not as much as her, but yeah. [A paramedic inspects Isamu's arm. "Hmm. Hold still." He sprays it with disinfectant and bandages it up. "It's not too deep. You should be fine."] * Isamu looks it over. "Cool, thanks." [He nods. Then he notices Chisato's leg, and repeats the procedure. "Same with you, you ought to be fine. The wound isn't deep."] "Thank you." [He nods. "Is the other girl a friend of yours?"] * Isamu looks to Chisato. She's her friend! * Hanase stands by and watches. She's not hurt, and all. "Yes. Her name is Natsumi Hatagami." Chisato adds her address and phone number. [He nods. "She seems to have just fainted, but we're taking her to the hospital just to be certain."] [Meanwhile some other paramedics come out of the building, carrying a bodybag. The cops return.] * Isamu watches the guy-in-bodybag go. He's never seen one of those in person before. * Hanase peers. She actually seems interested. * Chisato looks away. [The tall cop asks, "You say a rat attacked, yes?"] "Uh huh." "Are you certain it was a rat?" "It looked like one." * Hanase shoots a glance at Chisato. * Isamu keeps watching the bodybag stuff with some sort of sick fascination. "It could have been another animal, I guess." [They load the bodybag into the ambulance. Then the ambulance takes off.] "Can you describe it?" * Isamu loses sight of the bodybag. He turns his attention back to the cop and Chisato. * Hanase is keeping a careful eye on Chisato. "It was big and scary." Chisato shudders. "Why don't you describe everything? Tell us what happened." "We came here on a double date, and we found the... dead man behind the counter. Then the rat, or whatever, came bursting out. Maybe it was eating his insides or something." Chisato looks slightly queasy as she recounts this. "Out of the body?" * Isamu nods. "Yeah, looked like it." * Hanase folds her arms. [He nods. "And where is the rat now?"] "I don't know." Chisato looks down. "Why not?" It ran off. "It all happened so quickly." Yeah. It, uh, attacked us. I kicked it and she hit it with a chair, or something... anyway, it got away, but it looked really hurt. * Hanase points towards a random alley. "That way, but it was bleeding enough it couldn't have survived." (Let's play Lie For Chisato!) (Chisato was lying a bit there.) (True.) [He nods. "I see. Anything else to add?"] Um. * Isamu looks to the girls. Really, Chisato, 'cause Hanase doesn't count. "It bit Isamu and me. I guess you can see that." * Hanase looks at the officer and shakes her head. "As she said, it happened quickly." (Also shoots mind-rays of DEATH at Isamu.) (Ooh, I'm scared.) (You ought to be. My mind-rays? They NEVER MISS.) (Let's see. Am I dead? No. Must not have worked!) ( Hanase might be a bitch, but Chisato's fat :P ) (*sobs*) (They just TAKE A WHILE.) (You have a century, tops, then that's it.) [He nods and writes something down. "If you remember anything, call this number." He hands a copy to each of you.] (Nine One One.) (Aww, it's okay, Chisato. If there were only two chicks left in the world, I think I'd take you over Hanase. At least with you, I *know* you're a chick.) * Hanase tucks it in her pocket and nods. (*snerks*) * Isamu takes it. "Okay." "Thank you, officer." Chisato takes it. (Yeah, a whole population of milquetoast assholes. Just what the world needs.) [He nods. "You kids get a good nights sleep and try to forget about this." He and his partner get in their car and drive off.] * Isamu watches him blankly, then sighs and just starts walking home. "Why the hell does everyone say that?" Say what? Forget about every fucking thing. ( That guy was Mitsuru's dad. Duh. :P ) (That explains everything.) "I wish I could." * Isamu shrugs. And keeps walking. Kids are supposed to be stupid. They think we can't deal with it. (I have no idea where we live in relation to each other.) (I don't, either, but I'm walking that way, and you're not!) * Hanase walks the other way, then! SO THERE. (Actually, if Hanase has money, she might live in the same neighborhood. So now she's walking the other way to be a contrary bitch.) (Well, she would!) (She would!) (Sadly, she would.) * Chisato walks along next to Isamu. "Thank you again. I'll tell Natsumi you saved her, if you want." * Isamu blinks. "Huh? Um, sure." Pause. "Wonder where Youji went." "Does he have a phone?" (Hanase goes the other way and comes across Shin and Shinju making out.) Nope. Don't think I'd call him, anyway. "He got scared." Yeah. * Isamu idly looks at his right palm. [End!]