[Day: Sunday, April 23rd. Time: 4:00 p.m.] [Weather: Snowing. It's begun snowing a bit harder in the last hour, actually.] [You're still outside the cafe, right? I think so.] (walking to the subway, I think) (Yeah, going to Shika's apartment.) ( Oh. Okayyyy.... ) [You're heading to Shika's apartment! Remember the description for that place? I sure don't. And I'm too lazy to look it up again.] [Prolly not important. It's in a building, is what I remember.] [But it becomes apparent pretty fast that something's not right, with several police cars surrounding the place.] [Good enough. Session Start!] * Satoshi frowns. "They may have beat us here." He glances around for any ambulances." Why not some other day? I don't know. * Kyon scowls, and looks around to see if the reason the cars are there is immediately apparent. [It's not!] [But the sirens are flashing (not making noise, though), and there's a crowd gathered around.] * Taki walks over to the crowd. * Kaede frowns slightly and looks for if there's a police line. If not, he rushes towards the apartment. * Satoshi also heads up, sticking with Kaede. * Kyon stalks up to the crowd, and looks around for a likely person to ask around the outside. ( Who's Isamu Konishita? ) (Sho mentions him in 160) ( Oh yeah! ) ( Oh, nevermind. He's the bald guy ) ( Who's Sosuke Ibara? ) ( Oh. There you go. ) ( Goth who doesn't get much sleep I think) ( Is he dead? :O ) (Just knocked out) (Searching... [Either way, one of the ambulances drives off as you approach.] (They have Satoshi's picture on file and don't want him to cripple anyone else.) * Katie watches it go. "Someone was murdered." * Taki stops and looks at Katie. "Who?" Don't know. * Kaede stiffens a little at Katie's statement but keeps trying to get a view through the crowd. Or through the crowd if possible. (He was one of the thugs at the warehouse as well) * Taki turns back around and walks to the crowd and asks a random person on the edge. "What happened?" 2d6-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6-8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 0. * Katie edges around the crowd, looking for something or someone. [Meanwhile, Taki is answered! "Someone died."] Do you know who? [He shrugs. "Nah. Just some orphan kid."] * Kaede pushes his way into the apartment then. [Kaede goes into the apartment.] * Satoshi follows Kaede. Oh. [Kaede is followed into the apartment.] ( I suppose you should join #apartment ) * Katie stays behind, going to the remaining ambulance instead. (Hooray, I'm going to watch 'cause I'm nosy! Unless you kick me out.) (Depends on if you're actually listening in or not.) * Taki tries to move through/around the crowd until she find the police on the other side and asks them the same question. [Meanwhile, Katie rounds the corner of the ambulance, where she finds Akemi! And Shika! Yusuke! Except Yusuke is actually inside the ambulance, and he's got a nasty chest wound. Probably some broken ribs, and a broken arm, too. Incidentally, Shika is the one who's crying.] * Katie blinks, looking concerned. "What happened?" she asks softly as she approaches. [And Taki gets blown off. "Step back, kid. We're busy with an investigation."] * Kyon scans the area, then decides to follow behind Katie. (Almost always a good decision!) * Taki stares blankly at him for a moment and then takes a step back. (And her player makes another run to the bathroom because something gave him horrible gas today) (As opposed to following Kaede.) [Hoo. That doesn't go over well. Shika turns, a bit startled. Then she looks angry. "You. You sent him, didn't you?! This is your fault!"] I wouldn't be here if I sent whoever it is you think I sent. * Kyon rocks back on his heels, and looks at her coolly. "No idea who you're talking about. Or what you're talking about." * Haruko meanwhile sends Kyon a text message. [Shika grits her teeth. And suddenly the crowd's gone! And the officers and paramedics. "You're lying. I know you are."] (Can I see Kyon or one of the others now the crowd's vanished on me?" ( Yep! ) [Akemi casts a concerned glance in Katie's direction, and puts a hand on Shika's shoulder. "Shika..." But Shika shrugs her off.] * Taki walks over to them. * Kyon tugs out his cell phone, and flips it open... but then the screen goes blank. A frustrated look flashes on his face, and jams the phone back in his pocket. He puts his bag down next to Katie, then stands with his hands resting in front of his stomach. [Shika keeps her gaze locked on Katie. "I could melt her, Akemi. I could melt that bitch. I could make her eyes pop like bubble wrap. It'd hurt far worse than what she did to Yusuke."] * Katie takes a step back so she's close to Kyon and the bag. Why would you do that? [Akemi bites her lip. "You didn't... You didn't send that boy to kill Tenjirou, did you? Please tell me the truth."] * Taki blinks. "He's the one who died?" * Taki , if anybody has forgotten in the weeks since the last time she was described talking, is still speaking without emotion or inflection. * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Didn't send anyone to kill anyone." [Akemi nods. "Not just him. Another friend of ours, Genjuro Sanada, died too. And..." Akemi glances at Yusuke.] I promised. I didn't do anything. [Shika shrieks. "You LIAR!" Bits of asphalt from the road tear themselves out of it and fly upwards.] We were going to do it ourselves. Not get anybody else to do it for us. [That may not have been the right thing to say. Shika's eyes are blazing. Not literally, but there is a kind of pressure all around you. A very uncomfortable, very bone-chilling pressure.] Why do you keep telling me I'm lying when I'm telling the truth... nrg. [Akemi tries for Shika's shoulder again. "Shika, calm down! You're scaring me!"] * Katie winces, half-crumpling closer to Kyon and crouching to reach inside the bag. "Just... stop." * Satoshi runs up. "What's going on?!" We did not do this Shika. * Kyon blows out a breath, closes his eyes, and the fire starts swirling from his hands, around himself and Katie, until it surrounds them. He spots Taki behind him, and covers her as well. * Kyon opens his eyes again, and smirks. "" ["You wanted to murder him! You failed when you tried it yourself! So you got someone else to do it for you! Admit it!" The windows of the building and the ambulance explode all at once, with a deafening shatter. Akemi covers her head, though it doesn't come anywhere near.] Yes. Yes. No. Him? Did Tenjirou die? That doesn't make any sense Shika. We're all dead in 24 hours, even if we save the world. * Katie covers one ear with one hand, but can't with the other since that one's in the bag. She doesn't seem keen on answering, though, because fucking loud thanks. * Kaede runs out stumbling outside of the building, yelling out as soon as he sees the scene. "Akemi! What's going on?!?" [Akemi looks damn near frantic. "Shika thinks you sent someone to kill Tenjirou! You have to convince her you didn't!"] [Shika, her hair now whipping around in a wind that's not actually there, glares over her shoulder at Akemi. "Why are you on their side?!" She gestures at the ambulance. "Look what they did to my brother!"] What? That's ridiculous! We weren't anywhere near him! Besides, we've got bigger things to worry about now! We only came to look for the Pentacle!" We can heal your brother! If someone attacked you it was for the Pentacle, not to kill Tenjirou. * Kaede puts his hand on the side of the building and starts approaching them, slowly. (Them meaning Akemi and group, not the rest of the PCs.) * Kyon shakes his head again. "Never would say I didn't kill someone if I did. Had nothing to do with it." He reaches down, picks up the bag, and holds it so both he and Katie can get at it easily. (Kyon's proud of his body count.) (He puts notches on his bed post in the shapes of little smirks.) [Shika glares at Kyon. "And just who the hell are you, anyway?! You with them? Maybe I'll push your ribs through your skull, just because I can."] * Katie stays close to Kyon. Now that it's convenient to cover one ear by using his arm, she totally does that. It's loud, thanks. [Akemi shivers. "Shika! You're not a murderer! Stop this!"] * Kaede calls out. "Shika! Calm down! We had nothing to do with it." Then do it to the people who did kill him. But that is not us. * Taki is, uh, remarkably calm through this. (Holy shit.) (Taki = old Kaede.) (Older Kaede completely walled off his emotions? Nice.) (Duh?_ (I thought everyone knew that. :P) * Kyon shakes his head quickly. "Don't want to fight. Didn't have anything to do with it. Just keeping away from all the debris." (I walled off my emotions! So Shika doesn't see me giggling and leaping with glee.) ( Ding dong, Tenjirou's dead, the wicked old Tenjirou, the mean old Tenjirou..o/~ [Shika clenches her fists tightly. Tight enough that blood flows from her palms.] ( Hopefully she can't read minds, too! ) (Right, Shika. Now a little higher. Right below your head.) (If she could, she'd know Katie didn't do it. :P) * Kaede keeps walking without any regard for danger. Toward the danger. * Satoshi steps up, dropping his bag. He keeps his hands open and facing Shika. "There's been too much death already. If we fight you, even if we're careful, more may die. I won't take that chance." He walks up. "So, you have it in you to kill us?" 2d6+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6+4) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 9. * Kyon watches her closely, one hand still by his stomach. (WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT DID YOU DO WITH MY SATOSHI!?) (YOUR Satoshi? You haven't known him in the biblical sense!) [Kaede gets about halfway there when he finds himself flying backwards through the air, flying head over heels. Akemi screams.] (I nearly dated him!) (You've barely known him in the middle school sense.) * Kaede grits his teeth and tries to go electric in mid-air to get to the ground. * Taki looks at the kid in the ambulance. "We can use The Cup to heal your friend, but I don't think it works on people who are compleatly dead." ["It's better if you ARE dead! Then you can't hurt anyone else!"] (Okay, seriously, does Shika have an off switch? Anyone know? Akemi?) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (2d6) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (Ha. Miss by 1.) * Satoshi stops moving and tries to stabalize himself as best he can. "And how many people do you have to kill to make the world safe?" (Thanks Haruko, I thought I was doing a great job of escalating the situation without your help. ;p) * Kyon watches Kaede flying out of the corner of his eye, still keeping his main gaze on Shika. Look, it doesn't matter. We're trying to stop the world from being destroyed. We need the pentacle to do it. ["Fuck your pentacle!"] Akemi would back us up, if you'd *listen* to her. * Kyon nods tersely. "Just trying to help everyone out. We're altruists." [Akemi nods. "Shika, please. They may have done some dumb things in the past, but I'm sure they weren't responsible for this. And Yusuke... he needs to get to a hospital soon, or he'll die."] (*wonders if he gets anything happening to him soon. :P*) [Kaede survives!] ( There you go ) * Kaede lands hard and picks himself up, wiping blood off and glaring at Shika. "So that's how you wanna play it, huh? Fine..." * Taki nods. "She's right." Taki, let Akemi handle this. * Satoshi lets Akemi handle this. He thinks to Kyon ~Police say there were two dead males. We know who they are?~ ~Tenjirou would be one I suppose.~ [Shika trembles. "Yusuke..." She turns around, facing her brother, and all about you, things that were floating start crashing back to earth.] [She starts crying. Akemi hugs her.] * Katie lets out a long sigh. "Let's heal him up." * Kyon doesn't move, but thinks back at Satoshi, ~No. Don't know the other one.~ He keeps looking at Shika for a few moments, and then closes his eyes again, breathes deeply, and makes the flames go away. [Akemi nods. "Hurry, please."] * Kaede goes over too and lets out a deep breath, speaking to Akemi. "Did you get a good look at who caused this? The police didn't want to tell me anything." [Akemi nods. "It was a boy in a Shunyo uniform. One of us."] * Taki swings her backpack off of one shoulder and unzips it to dig out the holy^h^h^h^h The Cup. "Do you have any water Katie, or will Kyon melt snow?" Shunyo? Why would-- * Katie reaches into her bag and pulls out a bottle of water. She unscrews the cap and goes over, pouring some into the cup. * Satoshi looks nervously at Taki as she gets out the Cup. "Be careful." * Kaede sighs. "Nevermind. It's not important." He looks over to see if Shika's paying him any mind. He would not like another test flight. * Taki nods and brings the filled cup to the ambulance. (Is he awake?) [Shika is paying attention to none of you. Now'd be a great time to stab her in the back if you wanted.] * Satoshi speaks quietly to Akemi. "The police said there was another dead. Was he a friend or an attacker?" ( No ) * Kyon cocks his head, and looks at Akemi. "Know what he looked like? The attacker?" (! Stab her in the back? What do you take me for?) (Yourself) (Oh yeah.) * Kaede gives them all a Look, and then goes over to kneel next to Akemi and put a hand on her shoulder. * Taki sets The Cup down and opens Yusuke's mouth so she can pour into it. (Quick! Hand him the knife.) [Akemi nods. "Genjuro Sanada. He was our... well, mostly Yusuke's friend."] Do you think he was taking drugs? I'm sorry. We should have come sooner. * Taki also remembers to prop him up a bit so there's some chance he doesn't drown before tipping a bit of water into his mouth. * Kaede talks to Akemi too. "How are you holding up?" [Akemi stares. "Genjuro? No way. He was a quiet guy. But nice." She frowns. "He didn't really wanna be here, but he came because Yusuke asked."] [Akemi opens her mouth to respond, then shuts it and looks at Shika. She gets up, and says quietly, "I'm scared."] Session Time: Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 2007 * Kaede stands too. "Anyone who isn't is either lying or too numbed to care." Kaede's right. No one is holding back anymore. (Is Sanada supposed to be the attacker or the other guy who died?) (Other who died, I believe.) (Yeah) * Katie nods. Why did Yusuke ask him here? (Okay. I'll poke for an answer on the other question later, then.) * Satoshi thinks to Kyon. ~The police also said they had a suspect in custody. The guy must be unconscious or something if they were able to capture him.~ * Kyon still waits for Akemi to answer, but while he's waiting, thinks back, ~Or they have the wrong guy. Can check after we get the info from her.~ ~True. Kenjii is here. He may have been told to cover it up.~ ~Or think he has the right person and be wrong. If they have a description, we can check it against the suspect.~ ~Right.~ (So we'll hope that Brett shows up again before then.) (I don't know, it might or might not cause th Cup to not work) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+2) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 7. (DR1) (Oh, THAT roll.) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+2) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 9. (Last one) 2d6+2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6+2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 10. (...) (... Nice progression DIcy) ( ._. ) ( Hoo boy ) (Mwahaha.) (At +2, what'd you expect?) (I always thought it was -2.) ( Was it? I thought it was +2 ) (Check the fight with the Sword; wouldn't it be there, too?) (I thought it was minus as well. How many threes could I have rolled?) ( Eh, let's just say it is. Reroll ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-2) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 6. (still wiffed) (Do I get my DRs back?) (She get her DRs back?_ ( Yeah ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. (There we go) [Shortly, Yusuke is healed! Completely. The minute he opens his eyes, Shika latches onto him.] (Greg, could you do a log search for "The Cup" for me?) (Already on it) (Thanks) * Taki pours out the rest of the water and puts The Cup away. (Brett: Re: the sword, at least, you told me it was a straight roll the first time I used it and then a -2 every time after that.) ( Same for the cup, then ) (Righty-O.) (+2 rolls you need an 8 or 9 in the stat to even have a ghost of a chance.) ( Most of you have that :P ) (My highest is a 6 ;_;) (I don't have an 8 or 9 in any stat.) (I only have an 8 in mind.) (Haruko does in soul, but she could heal normally.) ( You all have 7+ in a stat except Taki ) (And 7 != 8 or 9. :P) * Kyon looks sidewise at Akemi, keeping Shika in his field of vision. To Akemi, he says, "Can stay safer now if we know who's against us. You get a look at the attacker? Beyond the uniform?" [Akemi shakes her head. "I wasn't here when he attacked. I was coming to the Tower. I only saw him when they put him into the police car."] How could they arrest somebody that could kill Tenjirou? * Kyon nods curtly, scowling. "Know anyone who did see them?" That's a good question. (Is the field still up?) [Akemi stares at Taki. Then at Kaede. And yes. It's been up for an abnormally long time, in fact.] What? Taki has a point. Sadly. * Satoshi frowns. "The field's still up." He gives Shika a quick appraising look. [Akemi says, as though it should be obvious, "Because it's murder."] [Shika doesn't seem tired in the least.] Why didn't he do what ever he did to Tenjirou to the police? * Satoshi looks puzzled at that but doesn't follow up. * Katie glances around, keeping an ear out. We're not asking why they *would* arrest him. We're asking how they could *be* arrested. ["I don't know. Maybe he didn't want to hurt anyone but Tenjirou and whoever was in between."] Oh. Wait, so he didn't want the Pentacle? Was Shika with them when the attack happened? ["No, she..." Akemi shakes her head and holds up her hands. "Look, I don't know everything that happened. I just got here maybe 15 minutes before you did."] I wonder if whoever killed Tenjirou *wanted* it blamed on us... [Akemi glances over her shoulder at Shika, and says, quietly. "Shika wasn't here. I didn't ask why, because she might think it was her fault this happened."] (And now that I think of it, Taki's question isn't *completely* relevant. Tenjirou wasn't necessarily the strongest Arcana out there.) ( Nope. ) (Particularly not versus a dude.) ( Shika is. ._. ) (Just the one that's proven hardest to kill.) (Okay, can you guys continue the interrogation without my riveting presence? I need to go to bed. ^^) (Because we've had females around.) (And has had other people around him.) * Kyon nods tersely, and looks around. "Just have to hope that the police are still here when we get out, and we can check it easily. * Taki turns back to the ambulance and pokes her head in. "Do you remember what happened?" * Kaede nods and sighs. "She's taking this hard? For Natsuko's sake, right?" [Yusuke might be healed, but he's unconscious, too.] (Completely. The minute he opens his eyes, Shika latches onto him.]) [Akemi blinks at Kaede. "Maybe a little. But she almost lost her brother, too. And Yusuke's friend is dead."] ( orz ) (Taki's first roll with the cup was at -1, for the record) [Ok, he looks at Taki and intelligently says, "Huh?"] (Night guys!) Well, I didn't mean that's all there was to it... (Pleasant dreams) Do you remember what happened when you were attacked? ( Night ) [Yusuke closes his eyes. "Genjuro... he's dead."] But we wouldn't have anything against Yusuke. Nor his friend. We're not killers by nature, you know that... * Katie has quit IRC (Quit: Tenjirou is also dead! ) [Akemi frowns. "Are you sure?"] * Kaede gets quiet and doesn't answer that one. * Taki nods. "That's horrible. Do you remember what happened?" (Is Taki still speaking flat?) (Yes.) (Because imagining "That's horrible" spoken by a robot is highly amusing.) * Kyon nods quickly again, and smirks. "Business world would be a different place if we were." (I was going to have her say "I'm sorry" but she's not.) (But it's not horrible to her either!) [Akemi side-glances at Katie, but says nothing. Prolly 'cause Katie has super hearing.] (But, it's factualy true!) * Kaede sighs. "I wish we had time to relax but we really don't. We've got to head for the Tower soon..." [Yusuke thinks for a minute. "He came in. Didn't say anything. He killed Genjuro. Hurt me. Probably thought he killed me. Then he threw Tenjurou out the window."] (How come that didn't work when we tried it? ;_;) * Satoshi looks a bit disturbed by that crack from Kyon but doesn't comment on that. "Did it seem like Tenjirou was his target? At this point, people might just be trying to kill Arcana." Satoshi seems rather worried at that prospect. * Taki doesn't add anything. ["I don't know. I lost consciousness."] Did he say anything? ["Not to me."] * Taki looks down for a moment and then nods. "It's good that you survived." She then walks away from the ambulance. * Satoshi looks to Akemi. "I don't know what to think. But you should probably get Yusuke and Shika to the Tower. Will you need our help with that? And if you know anyone that isn't there you should probably call and warn them." (That's such a loaded statement.) I'll go with them. [Akemi looks at Shika and Yusuke. "I... I don't know if they can. I don't know if they should."] Wouldn't they rather go down fighting if they have to? * Kyon looks towards the ambulance, then back to Akemi. "Still need to find the Pentacle if we're going to have a hope of stopping things. You know if she has it still?" [Akemi shakes her head. "I don't know. I think so, though. She wasn't there when the attack happened."] * Satoshi nods. "You don't have to trust us with it. We trust you. But if your or Shika don't get the Pentacle to the Tower, Hierophant said the world is doomed. This is way bigger than any of us." Kyon is right. We need to have the Pentacle there too. (your->you) * Taki nods. [Akemi nods. "I'll do what I can, but they need some time."] * Kaede nods and turns to the group. "I'll wait with them. You guys mind?" No. * Kyon cocks his head, then shrugs quickly. "Okay for now. Going to need you for the fight later. Everyone helps." * Kaede smirks slightly at Kyon. "Having me or not isn't going to matter if we can't get the Pentacle there." [Akemi blinks. "Fight?"] * Kaede then loses it and looks back at Akemi blankly. "Yeah." * Kyon nods quickly. "Only helps to have you here if she actually has it, though." He turns to look sidewise at Akemi. "Someone else has the Wand, and they're not going to give it to us kindly." ["Oh."] ( Gonna have to end this soon. Anyone got anything else to say? ) [Smession Blend!] [I mean Session End!]