[Day: Sunday, April 23rd. Time: 3:00 p.m.] [Weather: Snowing lightly.] [You're still at Cafe Flowers, meeting with Souichirou and his two cronies. Nothing got accomplished, and he was just about to leave when Katie asked him a question that put the game on hold for some time. Picking up...] [Session Start] * Satoshi looks at Souichirou and awaits an answer. * Taki is also waiting, but with a cup of tea and probably far less expectantly than anybody else in the room. [His face darkens, and he gives a single name for an answer: "Seiji Usukani." Ok, you can argue that technically it's two names, but.] * Katie doesn't even blink. "Who?" [He nods. "That's what I thought. You couldn't even be bothered to learn his name." He looks over his shoulder and nods at the two with him. "Let's go." They start heading out!] * Taki asks flatly, “Why is he that important?” [He looks back, ever so briefly. "You killed him."] * Katie jumps to her feet, knocking her chair over. "" She didn't kill anyone before you kidnapped her. So unless you're some sort of time traveler, try again. (Except Yushiro) [Souichirou just turns and stares at Katie with a sarcastic look.] (Actually, she didn't kill anybody before she was kidnapped. It's totally true.) * Kyon looks irritated for a moment, then grabs the edge of the table and turns partway around to look at the pair. You like to call people murderers. [A bunch of the other patrons look up at Katie's sudden movement. Oops.] (They shouldn't be able to hear this, so were they paying attention beforehand?) ( You knocked your chair over, yo. ) * Satoshi isn't bothered by the other patrons noticing. The good ending still involves him being dead in 24 hours. * Katie is trembling. "" * Katie certainly doesn't seem to notice, either. Though you bet she does. * Kyon gets up more carefully, picking up his bag as he does, and turns on his heel to stand next to Katie. * Taki continues to sit and calmly hold her tea. [""] * Satoshi follows Kyon's lead and stands on the other side of Katie, bag in hand. * Katie crouches slightly, pulling the chair up and putting it back in its rightful, standing position. [He smirks. "Except when I did."] * Satoshi thinks to Kyon. ~This is getting real ugly. There a plan?~ ["But no, you didn't kill him." His eyes flick to Satoshi. "He did. You just happened to hang out with the wrong crowd of people at the wrong time."] * Demota has joined #Arcana I don't understand. So why didn't you take me then? * Katie tenses, and she looks like she may lunge at Souichirou right then and there. A breeze picks up inside the coffee shop. Why accuse Katie and take revenge on her if somebody else the murder? Why expect her to remember something she doesn't know about? ["Please. You were all there."] * Kyon thinks back, ~Going to have to fight them some time. Might help to get him riled up.~ * Kyon shakes his head tersely. "None of us know what you're talking about. Got any details? Evidence? Expect us to understand you with nothing?" So Katie was merely convenient. * Satoshi replies, ~That shouldn't be hard.~ ["February 25th. Seiji and four others had broken free after being kidnapped by another one of yours. Or maybe I should say, they were let loose after being drugged up."] ["He set them up to attack your school. We found out about it, but by the time we got there to help, they were carrying Seiji out in a body bag."] Didn't the doctors say the drug overdose they received was fatal? [He snorts. "Who told you that?"] The paper, I believe. * Taki nods slightly and takes a sip of tea. * Katie doesn't even nod, still watching Souichirou. ["Maybe you read the wrong paper, then. Compound fractures don't happen because of overdoses."] Satoshi did not hit all of them, yet they all died. ["Maybe he would have overdosed. Maybe not. We'll never know."] So why not punish me? Katie was cautious back then, she used mace. Sho and his assistants might know, but getting them to talk could be difficult. You shouldn't take out your anger on the wrong people, simply because you can. ["A reading told us you would be going after the Staff in the future. I had to get someone into your group to keep it from falling into your hands. Seiji's girlfriend was the one who actually organized it."] [He nods to Taki. "Hey, you're right. Maybe I'll go ahead and do that. Oh wait! She murdered them, too, didn't she?"] (Anyone remember the session with that fight?) (51, apparently.) ( 51 ) (Thanks) * Katie narrows her eyes a touch, but she doesn't comment. (Oh yeah, Sou, like you never tried to murder anyone. :P Can we kill him yet?) Sho escaped. * Kyon cocks his head. "Could just have planted someone. Not like we weren't taking new recruits." ["I needed to be sure it would be someone you trusted to bring along."] * Kyon rolls his eyes. "Then she still doesn't make sense. Didn't get along very well then." ["Sure you did." He nods at Taki. "She confirmed that well enough."] * Taki nods back. "If I wern't a bigger fool than Jin, I don't think she could have gotten away with it." So locking Katie up without food or drink, the mind games the girlfriend played, the mind games you played, were they all part of the plan or just improvisational torture? ["We didn't kill anyone, did we?"] Not for lack of trying. [He sighs. "This is pointless. You would say anything to defend yourselves. We're leaving." He and his cronies head out of the cafe.] Fine. I was guilty. I tried to hold back but I still brought him down in one hit. I failed. I'm sorry. But you're a sadistic coward for punishing an easy target rather than going after me. * Taki takes a sip of tea. * Katie whispers, "" The silence bubble surrounds only the PCs now, and she turns to Taki. "" and then to Kyon: "" * Katie has joined #arcana * Kyon nods quickly, shoves a hand in his pocket, tugs out a bill and tosses it on the table, and then stalks to the door and opens it, and calls out, "Wait. Need our artifacts to survive, right?" * Taki looks at Katie. "I don't know if I can, but I will try." * Katie almost smiles a little, and she drops the silence towards Sou and Co. "" * Kyon turns back, smirks, and repeats, "Wait. Need our artifacts to survive, right?" [Souichirou pauses at the corner. "And you need ours. But cooperation clearly isn't happening."] * Satoshi thinks to Kyon. ~If there's anyone you need to stay knocked out, I think I have a way that won't kill them.~ * Kyon turns the smirk on Souichirou. "Smart enough to know what that means, right?" * Kyon thinks back, ~Got it. Shouldn't need it now, though.~ * Taki stands up and sets what's left of the tea on the table she was sitting at. ["Of course. See you soon."] ~Good.~ * Katie holds out a hand to Kyon. Probably for the Sword. * Kyon nods quickly. "Should set a time and place now. You don't have yours with you now, right? So no point in doing it yet." Session Time: Fri Aug 10 00:00:00 2007 ["Why? You think we expect you to fight fair?"] Why would we expect you to? * Kyon shrugs. "No point in trying if we can't get what we want by doing it." [He smirks. "Tonight. How about in front of your school?"] * Kyon nods quickly. "Right. You bring yours, we'll bring ours." [He nods and waves as he and his crew walk off.] * Satoshi thinks to Kyon. ~We should probably get to Shika. If she has the pentacle, they're probably going after her now.~ * Katie snaps the barrier back into place so it's just the PCs and lightly grasps Kyon's hand. "" she comments as she watches where Sou walked off. "" * Kyon winces a bit, and his hand goes limp for a second before going back to normal, and he steps back towards the table. "" He nods at Satoshi. "Should just talk out loud now." * Satoshi nods and grimaces. "I think we should got to Shika. They sounded like they were about to get the Pentacle. If she's got it, she might be in danger." Where would she be now? I dunno. ::He gets out his phone:: My best bet is to call Akemi. * Satoshi does so. We should leave this place. [There's no answer.] * Kyon nods quickly, and gestures curtly at the bill on the table. "Already covered it." He jogs the bag in his free hand against his leg, and looks down at Katie. "" No answer. ::He grimaces:: We could try her apartment. Unless anyone has her number that's our best bet I'm afraid. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Never met this person. Who else does she know?" * Katie nods once to Kyon. "" (I forget, was hers one of the ones we got when we raided the apartment?) ( I think it was ) ( Yeah, she called and left a message ) (I'm not sure Satoshi was there for that though. ) (Katie has it, Taki didn't bother to write it down) (Or at least she should have it, copying numbers from an answering machine is something she'd do) * Taki says coldly and without a trace of emotion. "Tenjirou." * Kyon nods curtly. "Right. And still need to pick up Haruko. Send over a text message.>" He puts down his bag, jams his hand in his pocket, and tugs out his phone. He quickly taps in, "Be wary. Fight with reversed cards tonight. Drop a line now and when you get to the station." * Kyon sends the message, too. * Kyon looks sidewise at Taki. "Can't call him. Anyone else?" The other members of the band might know it. Even if they gave us the number, he's not about to help us. Let's hit the apartment. * Satoshi walks towards the closest subway stop. * Taki clarifies. "They might know her number." Ah, yes. * Kyon stalks out the door, and goes along with Satoshi. "Matthias know them at all?" * Satoshi calls Sumire. "Don't know." * Katie tags along, since she's holding Kyon's hand and all. "" * Taki also walks, but behind the others. Good point. * Katie turns off the silence thing, now that they're out of the shop thing. * Kyon opens his phone with one hand, and stabs at a couple of buttons to call Matthias. * Satoshi keeps waiting to see if Sumire will answer. She probably won't but worth trying. We also still need to find this woman with a lion mane. Supposedly she knows about the ritual. * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Right, but we need to get prepared for this first." Hey. You know Shika's number? She might be in danger. And not just because the world's ending in a day or so. * Kyon smirks, and answers, "Queen of Wands. Been a while. Got a question for you." Yeah, that's the one. Okay, well you have Natsuko's number? Hopefully she cares for Shika more than she hates us. You know a girl named Shika? Pretty powerful. Friends with some of the old Band. * Satoshi copies it into his phone. "Thanks Sumire. One last question, you ever met a girl with a mane? Supposedly she knows the ritual we'll need to save the world." * Kyon nods quickly. "Know how to get in touch with her? Got to track her down." No, mane. Like a lion. * Kyon cocks his head, and sees Satoshi copying in a number. "Right. Any idea about a girl with a mane? Like a lion? Run across someone like that?" That sounds right, but I don't remember a gathering. We might have been in Osaka for that. Unless you're talking about the whole tower reversed Lovers thing. I'm an idiot. Thanks Sumire, you rock! * Kyon nods quickly. "Could be. Know where she is?" * Satoshi covers the mouth-piece and says to the group. "The Heirophant has a mane." Thanks. I assume you have no idea where to find her. ... Doesn't look *quite* like a lion's. * Kyon raises an eyebrow. "Tokyo Tower? She say why?" * Dicesuke has joined #arcana I meant Heirophant, not Shika. Please tell me Heirophant isn't grabby. * Kyon nods quickly. "Sign of the times. You going to go?" Well if you don't, you'll miss the end of the world. Could I get her number? * Satoshi sighs. "Oh well. Thanks for all your help. And if it makes you feel any better, Haruko dumped sewer water on Shika back on Saturday." * Kyon nods again. "Got her contact info? Could use it." * Satoshi covers the mouthpiece for a second. "Heirophant is calling people from pay phones to meet at the Tower." See you at the tower Sumire. Later. * Taki keeps walking since they're already headed twords transportation. * Satoshi hangs up and calls Natsuko. * Kyon nods quickly. "Right. Might be by later. Got to work something out first. [Session End]