[Day: Valentine's Day! Friday, February 14th. Time: 2:50 p.m.] [Weather: There's snow on the ground from yesterday, and it's cold. Skies are overcast. But at least there doesn't seem to be chance of snow or rain.] [Yesterday, Kyon did a reading, and everyone tried to figure out what it meant. You went to his place to plan things out. Afterwards, a bunch of you went to Katie's and met her parents.] [Then those people went to dinner, where they met TeriyakiGuy, yet another cook who loves his job. Oh yeah, and this real weirdo who went home with Satoshi.] [Today it's Valentine's Day! Girls have been giving guys chocolates all day. Why? Tradition. And it's a ploy to make more money for the chocolate companies, really. Anyhow, the school is abuzz with that. Meanwhile, you're all gravitating towards the lockers, as is typical.] [Session Start!] * Katie hums to herself as she swaps books from her locker, along with small, wrapped boxes. Chocolate day, after all. * Kaede arrived at the lockers just a little early, just so he could find a convenient corner at the end of one of the rows. He's looking in his notebook and looking very inconspicuous, yes he is. * Satoshi heads for his locker, an expression of extreme frustration on his face. The reason for that frustration is trailing right behind him... Jin, currently dressed in an LA Kings jersey and a pair of black jeans, as opposed to his Chinese wear. * Katie greets the other students as they come by. "Hi Kaede, Satoshi, Jin." * Satoshi sighs. "Hi, Katie." * Jin is peering around the school from top to bottom. * Taki walks twords the lockers with her usual backpack and a plastic bag that's now much lighter than it was this morning. * Katie glances at Satoshi, then goes back to business. "Why so down?" * Satoshi opens his locker to put his books away, keeping one eye on Jin so he doesn't try to wander off again. * Kaede resists the urge to look up or make much acknowledgement, sitting on the floor. * Haruko rushes around a corner. She skirts around Satoshi and Jin and trips to fall next to one of the lockers. * Satoshi points over his shoulder and murmurs to Katie. "He's been driving me crazy *all day.* But I could't just leave him home, and I was afraid to drop him off somewhere." Hi Satoshi...Who's your friend? * Katie nods sympathetically. Oh, hi, Taki. This is Jin... he's a long story. A *very* long story. * Kaede winces and whispers slightly around the corner of the locker. "Are you okay?" Haruko? You okay? * Satoshi moves over to help her up. * Jin peers at Taki. * Katie blinks and looks down at Haruko, then offers a hand up. * Haruko accepts the help, she doesn't look injured. "Maybe, aren't any mechanic looking guys wandering down the hall, are there?" Oh no. Not *him* again. Ak! Haruko ::ignors Jin and goes to help her:: What, he's been begging you for chocolate? Is this the VP still? * Haruko shakes her head, "Naw, I gave them all chocolates, I just don't want to deal with them when they're feeling romantic. I hid while working on the heater for Satoshi, but that won't work as an excuse after school." * Satoshi winces at the mention of the heater. He'd been hoping that Haruko had forgotten. * Jin blinks a few times, then looks at Satoshi. "Heater?" * Kaede turns back around, looking a bit disappointed and tapping his notepad with his pencil. Yes, Jin. It's a long story and I'll explain later. * Katie tucks some hair behind one ear. "Well, let's see." She starts counting out her chocolates. * Jin peers at the chocolates. * Haruko doesn't notice Satoshi's disappointment, as she is still checking that she lost the guys. * Jin pokes one of the chocolates with his finger. * Katie notices Jin's look and selects one, then hands it to him with a grin. "This is yours." * Jin blinks at the chocolate in his hand. "Umm...." * Kaede finds a particularly nice crack on the wall to investigate. What is it? It's chocolate. You can eat it. It tastes good. * Satoshi is becoming really good at this. ... Oh. * Jin peers at the chocolate a minute. I've been passing them out all day. You need to unwrap it and open the box first, though. * Jin looks up to Satoshi. "But, I don't have any chopsticks with me." * Kyon turns around the corner, carrying his sports bag in one hand, and a large plastic bag nearly full of chocolates on varying sizes in the other. He stalks towards the group, more slowly than usual. * Haruko makes herself small and hard to see against one of the lockers, but takes three chocolate packages out of her bag. * Katie picks out another one and gives it to Satoshi. "It's okay, Jin. The chocolate comes with chopsticks. Kind of." She winks. * Satoshi resists the urge to bury his face in his hands. * Jin blinks a few times and looks at the chocolate. He lifts it up and studies it from all sides. Um, where are they? * Satoshi happily accepts the chocolate from Katie. "Hey, thanks, Katie!" He smiles. You're welcome. * Katie chuckles. "Chocolate. They taste good." Jin. Watch what I do. * Jin watches Satoshi obediently. * Satoshi unwraps his box and opens it. * Taki starts digging through her bags. * Satoshi 's eyes get wide. "Wow, this is really neat! How'd you know to make this design?" How do you mean? * Satoshi shows it to the others. It's carved in the shape of the school crest, which is what the hockey team has on their jerseys. Well, it matches the team jerseys... okay, so that probably wasn't too hard to figure out, was it? Wow. * Jin blinks, and unwraps and opens his own box. Speaking of which, Taki, I think yours is almost finished. * Jin stares at it, wide-eyed. "Wow, this is, uh, really neat! How'd you, um... know to make this design?" * Katie laughs. * Jin shows it to the others. See Katie for the description :P (It's a pair of chopsticks. No big deal. :P) * Katie shakes her head. "Jin, you don't need to do that." * Satoshi blinks. He then laughs, although it's more hysterical laughter than humorous laughter. * Haruko laughs then hands a chocolate box to Satoshi, it's thicker than the average box but also not as long. She then hands a smaller box to Jin. * Jin blinks. He got a different response. He looks at Satoshi, confused about what to do next. * Satoshi calms down a bit. He's calm. really. * Kyon makes his way down to the group, and sets his bag down. Then his giant bag full of chocolates. He looks at it, blows out a breath, then stares at Jin through narrowed eyes. * Jin laughs. He tries to, at least, but there's not much feeling in it. Good. I can't wait untill untill our next practice, but I don't think we should use this though. ::pulls a small box out of her bag and holds it out to Satoshi:: * Satoshi accepts the box from Haruko and smiles. "Thanks, Haruko." Mmm, there's my next target. * Katie looks through the boxes, selects one, and walks over to Kyon. She hands it to him with a grin. * Jin smiles, imitating Satoshi, "Um, thanks, Haruko." * Haruko smiles in response, "Feel free to open Taki's first though, she takes priority." * Satoshi shifts Haruko's box to his other hand and accepts the box from Taki. "Oh... thank you, Taki." He blushes slightly and smiles. * Taki blushes a bit. ... But she didn't give me one. Oh, right. * Satoshi ignores Jin and blushes a bit more, then opens Taki's box. You're quite welcome Jin and I was talking to Satoshi, don't worry about. * Jin tries to force himself to blush, but only manages to squint a few times. I'll give you one as soon as Satoshi ta... right ::digs back into her bag:: * Kyon pulls his gaze away from Jin, and looks down at Katie. He takes the chocolate with a look like he's been doing it all day, but he does the perfunctory bow over it. * Jin looks at Satoshi. "Um... Can I stop?" * Kaede pokes the pad absently with the pencil, looking off to the side thoughtfully. * Satoshi opens the box! What does he see? ^_~ * Katie snickers. "Well, Kyon, if you don't *want* it..." * Haruko giggles at the spectacle that is Jin. (Satoshi's chocolate is a fudge hocky puck with his name and the number 9 written on it in icing) (Satoshi will answer Jin as soon as he's done with the blushing. ;p) [A buncha girls force their way in front of Katie and thrust chocolates at Kyon!] * Katie shakes her head. * Jin opens the box Haruko gave him. * Satoshi blushes profusely. "Wow... this is so awesome! Thank you!" He grins. * Jin is left with the chocolate Katie gave him, and the one from Haruko. "Uh...." * Satoshi is bright red now, but he looks quite happy. * Kyon looks them over, and shakes his head. He smirks down at Katie. "It's not just you." He looks over the girls. [Jin's box contains a pair of sandle's, resembling the one's he was wearing last night] You're welcome ::goes back to digging for chocolate:: * Katie grins up at Kyon from behind the horde of girls, her eyes twinkling. "Oh, so you *don't* want it. Well, you can always give it back, then." * Jin thinks about what to say. "Um.... Thank you?" He sounds as though he isn't sure that's the proper response. [One of the girls points at Jin. "Hey, it's that guy!"] * Satoshi carefully stows Taki's box in his bag, along with Katie's. The blushing hasn't stopped entirely, but it's a bit better. * Haruko nods encouragingly, "You can bow if you like, but thank you is fine." * Satoshi notices the girl point to Jin. "Oh no." * Kyon wearily takes the chocolates from the girls, bowing over each of them as he does so, but not saying much to them as he does so. * Taki stops her digging when the girl calls out and looks up. * Katie blinks at that girl's announcement. "What's this?" * Satoshi braces himself for whatever it is that's going to happen. * Kaede blinks up and peeks around the corner, staring slightly in Jin's direction. [The other one giggles and says to Katie. "He kept interrupting our English class with stupid questions. It was so funny!"] * Satoshi goes red with a different kind of emotion. * Katie looks mildly annoyed by that. "There are no stupid questions." * Kyon gives Jin another quick look over, and tucks the chocolates into the bag. * Kaede looks over calmly at Satoshi, speaking out of the corner of his mouth. "I think we have our hands full..." [The first chimes in. "Minakawa-sensei was SO mad. His cheeks were all puffed out!"] As if we didn't before... * Satoshi bites his tongue and just nods back at Kaede. * Jin blinks at Katie. "There aren't?" * Kaede takes a deep sigh and goes back to his notebook. [The girls hear that and laugh.] * Haruko smiles and says under her breath, "Sure there are, should I stay here while you're working on my car being a classic case." No, there aren't. If you need to know, then you need to know, and not asking about it may very well be stupider. Nope, how else are you supposed to learn? [They get offended at that. "Well, exCUSE me if he's got the intellect of a kindergartener."] * Jin blinks a few times. "Um... What's a 'kindergartener'?" * Satoshi stares at the floor and mutters. "Worst part is, everyone thinks we're related." * Haruko stands up, pushes her way through the girls, and presents a box of chocolate to Kyon with a bit of flourish. * Katie glares at Satoshi, before turning it on the girls. "You're excused. Go away." [The girls just laugh and head on their way.] * Kaede stands up and turns around the edge of the locker, pushing up his glasses. "Everyone has their own little quirks...besides, he might have lived somewhere very different..did you think of anything like that?" * Kyon gives Haruko the same look he gave Katie and the other girls, does the same bow, and takes it from her. * Satoshi doesn't see the glare, as he's too busy staring at the floor. A little kid about this old, ::hold her hand up at about half Shingo's height:: * Jin blinks a few times, obviously confused. * Haruko laughs. "Hmph! See if you get a meaningful acceptance from me when it is your turn to do this." * Jin blinks at Satoshi, too. "Are we related? I can't remember." * Satoshi looks up at Jin and sighs. "Nah, we're not. I've just been telling the teachers that you're my cousin, staying with me for a few days because of an emergency in your family." * Katie shakes her head and mutters something unpleasant in English. She checks her chocolates over again. And cousin is the child of one of your parents' siblings, in case you've forgotten. * Kaede just shakes his head a bit and slumps back against the lockers. "Honestly..." * Kyon shrugs at Haruko, and smirks. "I don't expect one." * Taki pulls out a thin box and sets it aside before going back to the digging. Anyhow. * Jin walks over to Katie and presses his hand against her shoulder, like she did to him last night. "Don't worry about it. It, um...It'll all be... um..." * Satoshi shakes his head and finally gets to open Haruko's box. * Kaede heads back to the spot where his kaban is and sits back on the floor, picking up his notepad. * Haruko having dispensed the chocolates she took out of her bag, returns to a low profile position. * Jin frowns and takes his hand away. "I forgot." * Katie looks over at Haruko and tilts her head at Kaede. * Kaede licks his pencil and flips over to the next page. * Jin peers at Kaede. [Haruko's box to Satoshi contains a scale model zamboni.] Um... Does that taste good? * Haruko shakes her head at Katie, and mouths. "Not yet." I've seen people scratching with them before, but nobody's tried to eat it yet. * Satoshi laughs. "Oh, cool! Thanks, Haruko." * Haruko grins. "Welcome, I know nothing of hockey, but the guy at the store said it'd be appropriate." * Kaede seems completely oblivious to Jin's question as he looks at his writing. Heh. Yes, it certainly is. * Satoshi grins. And I don't think a chocolate skate-sharpening machine would be even possible to make. * Katie nods once and tilts her head to glance at the ceiling. "I'm going to give Taro his chocolate." She snickers. "And Ken." You're giving *him* chocolate? Sure. It'll be fun. Aha! I knew I had some left in here. ::trimphantly pulls two very small boxes out of her bag:: [And suddenly, Chikako arrives!] Heh. Actually, his reaction should be good. * Haruko laughs, "Tell me how it goes. I suppose a skate-sharpening machine would be possible, though it'd take Katie's carving skill." * Kaede flips another page, speaking in an even tone. "I'm sure it's just another manner of teasing." * Katie grins. "Exactly. Hi Chikako!" Oh, heya, Chikako. What's up? * Chikako arrives speedily, despite carrying a great bundle of boxes and papers. "Hi everyone! How's your day been? Cool?" Hi Chikako! Very cool. How's yours? * Kyon looks down at Chikako, and nods. "Hey." He looks down at the bag. "Eh." It's been so cool! * Haruko waves. "Hi Chikako! Eh, same as all Valentine's days." She then sticks her hand in her bag, but doesn't take anything out yet. Cool? It's been..interesting. Although.. * Satoshi carefully places Haruko's box in his bag. "It's getting better." * Kaede shrugs a little. It's been fun. * Chikako puts the boxes down as easily as she can manage. "That's cool! I brought papers. Annnnd...." She grins. * Haruko stands up, hiding something behind her back. Annnd...? ::smiles back:: * Chikako picks up a box about a foot long, and hands it to Satoshi. * Katie whistles. * Haruko widens her eyes, "Wow." * Chikako picks up an even bigger box, and hands it to Kaede. * Satoshi blinks in surprise. "For me? Thanks!" He accepts the box. O.o Yipe! * Kyon looks at the box, then at Satoshi, then to Kaede. He smirks wordlessly. * Haruko immediately follows up with another box for Kaede. * Chikako picks up an even bigger than the last bigger box, and gives it to Kyon. (Remember, it's not the size of the chocolate that matters. ;p) * Kaede looks up from his notebook and blinks in surprise, poking his notepad again and again. "Um..well..thanks..all the same but.." Open them! They're so cool! No, I really can't... * Satoshi opens the box. * Chikako blinks a few times at Jin. [Satoshi's box contains a chocolate hockey stick, almost a foot long.] * Kyon nods, and bows over the chocolate, but this time it doesn't seem as perfunctory. He raises an eyebrow, and adjusts it slightly so he can open it. * Satoshi grins. "Thanks, Chikako. Very cool." Thanks. I thought you'd think it was cool, too. Um.... * Haruko smiles at the stick, but keeps her eyes on Kaede. * Kaede looks down at the box plopped in his lap, then back up, shaking his head. "I..don't think she heard.." Wow, he's got every thing he needs execpt a chocolate rink and a pair of chocolate skates. * Kyon does open the box once he adjusted it, too. * Chikako roots in the pile and pulls out a small box for Jin. "And this one's for your cousin, Satoshi! From what I heard, he's so cool!" * Kaede sighs and sets it aside off his lap, looking up slightly at Haruko. "I..really I can't.." * Satoshi laughs at Taki's statement, then looks slightly chagrined at Chikako's. "Um... yeah... he's definitely interesting." [In Kyon's box is a chocolate replica of the front page of today's newspaper, as promised.] I am? You are. Jin, this is Chikako. Say, "Hi, Chikako." * Jin opens the box. Inside is a chocolate golf ball. * Haruko tilts her head and says in her cutest tone, "When nice girls give you chocolate, you really should open it. You wouldn't want to insult our gifts." "Um, hi, Chikako." * Kyon gives Chikako a small smile, and nods. * Kaede looks down at the box and takes a deep breath. "There's no way I'm getting out of this is there?" None. * Chikako shakes her head at Kaede. "Nope! Open it! It's so cool!" * Kaede doesn't look at Haruko but holds his hand out palm up to receive the box with a deep breath. * Kyon looks over at Kaede and smirks. "Why would you want to?" * Katie can't help but smile. And when you're done with thoes...::holds up the thin box:: * Haruko drops the cuteness, but maintains a pleasant tone. "Absolutely none." She then puts the box in his hand. It's just....so...so...gah.. Cool! * Satoshi closes Chikako's box and continues to hold it, since he can't fit it in his bag. That...wasn't the word I was looking for, Chikako... * Kyon rolls his eyes. "Just open them." * Jin peers at the three chocolates he's been given, and shoves all of them in his mouth at once. * Haruko laughs at Chikako's timely interruption. * Kaede pulls the box in closer and opens it carefully. Sure it was! It's such a cool word! * Satoshi prepares to give Jin the Heimlich maneuver if necessary. Cool and appropriate are two different things... * Kaede lifts the top off Haruko's box and sees... You didn't have to eat them all at once, Jin. But they can be the same things. * Jin doesn't choke. He says around chewing, "...Oh." [A chocolate bicycle, the wheels can actually spin because the design is rather simple.] * Kaede bows his head slightly, so it's about parallel with the box. "Thank you, Haruko-san." * Kaede puts the top back on and sets it to the side as he pulls up Chikako's box. * Chikako grins. * Haruko properly acknowledges the nod. "You're welcome Kaede-san." * Jin chews. He may be a while. * Kaede unwraps Chikako's box in his lap and sees... [... a large number of Chocolate Drops (basically, a Japanese version of Hershey Kisses that I made up). There must be about 60. Mostly hidden under them is a note at the bottom.] * Kaede blinks and pulls out the note, turning it over and over in his hand and slipping it into his kaban's front pocket as he looks up at Chikako with an odd expression. * Haruko grins at the excess. This...this is way too much... * Kyon shakes his head, and smirks. "What, not going to read the note?" * Kaede looks up at Kyon. "I'll read it later. It wouldn't do to read a private note in public now would it?" * Chikako grins and grins. * Taki smiles and holds out her box to Kaede, "It's not over yet." * Kyon shrugs. "I'm not going to read it over your shoulder." I'm not sure if it is one or not but it was in my box, so it's mine to read. * Kaede puts down the box lid and slaps his forehead. "This is exactly what I was talking about.." * Kaede hangs his head and just holds out his hands in chocolate receiving position. * Katie takes one of the boxes and tosses it into the air, catching it on its way down. She eyes Kaede. * Taki places a small and thin box in Kaede's hands. If you don't want it, I'll keep it. * Kaede holds Taki's box in his hand and slowly looks up at Katie. "Are..you sure that's okay?" * Kyon places Chikako's box on the top of the bag of chocolates, and watches bemusedly. Sure I'm sure. Would I lie about something like that? * Haruko pouts. "Dang it Kaede! Be gracious and accept, we aren't trying to be mean or even charitable to you.." Well...no..I wouldn't think so... Yeah! And besides, it's cool! * Kaede looks up slightly and lets out a deep sigh, adjusting his glasses with one hand. I really do appreciate all the work you went through..I just... * Katie shrugs. It's...not necessary. It's fine. Accept it when you want. * Jin finally swallows. "But I didn't do anything." * Kaede opens up Taki's box. No. What's not necessary is the time and effort I spent on all these chocolates. * Katie eyes one of the boxes. "Except Ken's. Anyway, I need to go hand some out." * Kaede turns over towards Katie. "That's not what I meant and you know it.." * Satoshi doesn't hear Jin, as he's too busy watching Kaede. And I KNOW you know it..so quit trying so hard... Sure, Kaede. I'm a mind reader. I know exactly what you're thinking. * Kaede lets out a deep breath and closes his eyes. "Honestly..." (This one's a chocolate CD with "Kaede: Chocolate is chocolate. Enjoy.) * Chikako looks at her watch. "I gotta run!" She picks up copies of the paper and hands one to everyone. "Here, have a copy of the school's cool paper!" Bye Chikako! and thanks. * Satoshi takes a paper. "Thanks, Chikako. And thanks again for the chocolate." * Kaede hangs his head and holds out one palm face up towards Katie. "Here." * Haruko stands up, smiling but intent. "Silly boy, first rule of interaction with anyone. When you're in a hole, stop digging. And when you accept a gift, don't hang you're head." * Chikako picks up her remaining parcels and papers, and grins at Satoshi and Taki. "Hey, it's cool!" * Chikako heads down the hall. * Katie taps Kaede's hand with an index finger. "I don't want you accepting my chocolate out of pity," she says calmly. (Even Kyon has better manners than Kaede!) Who said it was pity? * Katie smiles. * Satoshi opens the newspaper and begins to read. * Jin points at Katie. "She did." Exactly. Who said it was pity? * Katie puts the chocolate in Kaede's hand. [The paper mostly contains the usual reminders about what's coming up, like the festival.] (Yes but Kyon's manners are forced. ^_~) (Not to us they aren't, Kyon wouldn't force manners for anyone he didn't absolutely have to. ^_^) * Kaede just stares at the box for a while, picking himself up and leaning against the locker, letting out a deep breath. * Kyon reads through the paper, standing next to his big bag of chocolates. [A girl comes in from the front doors, wearing a Seiryuu uniform. Most (if not all) of you recognize her as Eiko.] * Katie waves at Eiko as she walks in. * Kaede turns his head towards all the boxes and rubs his head. "What's the appeal anyways?" * Haruko rolls her eyes then notices Eiko and waves. * Eiko smiles when she sees you. She's carrying a plastic bag with both hands. She makes her way over to you. * Taki waves her hand at Eiko. * Kyon notes Eiko's arrival over the newspaper, but doesn't say anything. * Jin waves to Eiko too. "Hi, Chikako." * Satoshi finishes the paper and sees Eiko. "Oh, hi, Eiko! How're you doing?" * Taki blinks at Jin. No, Jin. This is Eiko. Not Chikako. * Eiko smiles. "Hi. I wanted to... huh?" Oh... It's tradition and it can be a lot of fun. It's a way of showing you care that's low risk because it is within well defined parameters. Shesh, it's a holiday. * Jin waves again. "Hi, Eiko." Please don't mind him. Um... Well... * Eiko looks at a loss, then remembers what she came for. * Kaede slowly peeks under the ribbon and lets out a deep breath. "...why do you need a holiday to show that you care anyways?" Besides, chocolate tastes good, and it's nice to get thing from your friends. I'm glad I caught you before you left. You don't! But it's nice to have a chance when it's easy to do so. We can't read minds, so sometimes we make up traditions to make things easier for us. * Eiko holds up the bag with both arms. "I brought chocolates. Remi is getting out of the hospital tomorrow, but she wanted me to deliver these." * Katie smiles. "Remi's getting out of the hospital? Great." * Jin blinks a few times at Kaede. "Maybe... They don't want to forget?" * Kaede pokes the box then unravels the ribbon, slowly taking off the lid. "..Yes, but still..." That's really good news. * Eiko nods. "Yes. She's been doing well, but they wanted to make sure." * Eiko chuckles. "She's been complaining about that a lot." * Haruko brigthens up at the news and suddenly wins her battle against adopting a flabergasted tone. "Yay! Good for her." * Kaede looks up startled. Jin actually said something somewhat deep. That's good hear, Do you know when? * Jin sure doesn't look like he realized it :P * Kyon lowers the paper a bit, and nods tersely. "Yeah, good news." He goes back to finishing up reading. * Katie snickers. "She said tomorrow, Taki." * Eiko giggles. "Yeah." * Eiko reaches into the bag. "Anyhow..." It's good to hear that she can get out soon though...I'm pleased she's recovering so well. No, what time tomarrow. * Eiko comes up three boxes, and hands them to Satoshi. "This is from Yumi, Remi, and myself." So we can go see her and congradulate her and stuff. * Satoshi blushes slightly. "Wow, thank you!" Yes, the doctors said she didn't have much of the drug in her system, fortunately. * Kyon lowers the paper, and looks down at Eiko. "So they know what the drug is?" And I think she's getting out about noon, but, don't you have school? * Taki nods, "Which is why I was asking...I guess we'll just have to find her after class lets out." * Eiko pulls out three more. "Um... I think so, but I don't remember the name." She holds out the chocolates for Kyon. I can tell her you're coming. Or we could meet you here if you want. * Kyon nods quickly, then gives his perfunctory bow over the chocolates and takes them from her. * Eiko pulls out three more, and holds them out to Kaede. * Haruko leans back against a locker, happily watching the distribution of chocolates. * Kaede blinks startled, then looks at Katie's box in his lap. "Oh..um..." We could come over and meet you, if that's best. Where are we going? * Kaede puts Katie's still unopened box on the pile and looks up. "You didn't need to go through so much trouble." I should be saying that about you! I didn't do anything out of the ordinary..I was hardly here... After all you've done for me, this is the least I could do! * Satoshi looks over at Jin. "To visit someone who's just about to leave the hospital. A hospital is where people go when they're very sick, or have an accident, so they can rest and have doctors look at them and they can get better." * Eiko shakes her head. "But you helped me when you didn't even know me." * Satoshi really has calmed down a bit. * Haruko rolls her eyes again. Oh... Doctors... * Kaede gives Eiko a little brief smile. "Thank you.." He takes the chocolates and bows his head in thanks. There must be many needles there. It still was nothing though.. * Satoshi just stares at Jin. Every time he thinks he might actually be able to handle this guy, Jin goes and does something completely out of nowhere. * Kyon gives Jin yet another odd look, and then turns to look down at Katie with a raised eyebrow. * Haruko then grins and mutters, "About time." * Taki wonders at that long story again and waits for time to ask about it. * Eiko smiles back. She reaches into the bag again, and comes up with another box. "And this is for the girls. I know it's not what you're supposed to do on Valentine's day, I thought I should give you something to show my appreciation." * Katie looks over at Kyon. "" she says, quietly and in English. She then blinks at Eiko. * Satoshi busies himself with opening Eiko's box. * Taki blinkblinks, "Uhm...er...thanks...." * Haruko gives a surprised broad smile. "Thank you! That's so nice of you, but you didn't need to go to the trouble." [Inside the boxes are stereotypical chocolates. The Seiryuu crew doesn't know you well enough to customize them.] Please stop saying that! I'm not the one who went to trouble. How about we all went through trouble? * Katie grins. * Taki turns the tineyest bit pink as she accepts her chocolate. These look good. Thank you again, and please tell Remi and Yumi thanks. * Kaede sets them aside in a seperate pile and opens his kaban, taking out the note and going down the hall a bit to read it in private. [The note says: "To Kaede, from Chikako and her classmates..." It's followed by a bunch of signitures, and ends with. "I told you you'd get a lot of chocolates! Cool, huh?"] * Haruko nods. "Well then, just thank you." She accepts the chocolate with a bow. * Eiko nods. "I will." * Eiko watches Kaede go. "Did I do something wrong?" Um... I don't think so... * Haruko shakes her head. "Don't worry about him, you've been perfectly gracious." Maybe he needs a doctor? * Satoshi shakes his head. I think he just needs to think about things. Nah, Jin, he's not sick. Just... yeah. Oh. Thinking of things is fun. * Kyon smirks at Satoshi. "Are you sure?" * Eiko bows. "Well, I need to go..." * Taki turns to Eiko "Of course you realize that I'm now going to have to give you chocolates on White Day." and nearly manages to keep a straight face for it. (He's not far down, just turned the first corner and leaned against the wall) He's not physically sick, Kyon. * Eiko chuckles a bit. It's been nice seeing you again, Eiko. * Satoshi grins at Taki. Take care, Eiko. Thanks! * Katie snickers. "And there is that. Thanks." It was nice to see you too. * Haruko waves. "Yeah, pass on all of our thanks." * Eiko waves as she walks towards the doors. "I will! Bye!" See you tomarrow! * Jin waves. "Good bye!" * Kyon puts down the newspaper and waves tersely at Eiko's back. * Kaede turns back around from down the hall, moving to avoid Eiko. "Oh sorry..thanks for coming down here." It wasn't any trouble. Bye! * Eiko heads out the door. * Kaede bows and then heads back towards the lockers. * Haruko smiles and opens her box. "I didn't expect this at all, quite nice of them." Yeah. That was really nice. * Kaede heads specifically to his one (assuming he has one) and opens it up. * Satoshi carefully puts the boxes in his bag. Mmm, well. I need to go hand some chocolates out. Don't get in trouble without me, okay? * Satoshi eyes Jin. "We'll try." We get in enough trouble with you to counterbalance it anyways, Katie. We will? * Haruko picks up a chocolate. "Always wondered if Valentine's day tasted different." She promptly devours a piece. I think we'll survive. Yes, Jin. We will. * Jin peers at Haruko. "How can you eat a day?" * Kaede puts the note in the locker and shuts it again moving back over to the Leaning Tower of Chocolates. * Katie chuckles and heads off. * Kaede looks up. "Ah...Katie left before I ever opened her box.." * Kyon eyes the giant bag of chocolates, and fits the Seiryuu trio's in alongside Chikako's. "Vell, you ee" Haruko pauses for a moment to finish the chocolate. "I meant I was curious if chocolate handed out today tasted special, doesn't particularly." * Kaede shrugs and finally takes off the lid, peeking inside. Special? Like... Chicken? (Tastes just like chicken! ;p) * Haruko waves at Katie's back. "Heh, that would be special, but not what I'm really looking for." * Taki blinks at Jin and then takes a bite of her own chocolates. * Haruko breaks off another piece and tosses it in the area to try to catch it with her teeth. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 8. * Taki chews for a bit... "No, like chocolate...I think chocolate chicken would taste odd, might try feeding it to somebody I don't like." * Haruko fails, and sheepishly picks up the piece from the floor, then puts the boxes away. Why give food to someone you don't like? * Kaede rubs his head. "Some people like to play tricks on people they don't like...I don't really get it either.." We're complex creatures, probably not worth trying to understand every aspect of our behavior until you know a bit more. It's not? * Taki blinks at Haruko, "I'm going to hear this long story...Soon I hope." Know who you are before trying to understand others, Jin. You will. Oh.... But I can't remember. * Haruko looks at Taki. "Hmmm?" * Satoshi looks at Haruko and Kaede. "Should I wait for Katie to get back before starting?" That's something you'll just have to figure out. * Kaede takes a deep breath and closes his eyes, setting aside the box again. "I don't see any harm in telling now..after all, I'm sure they're plenty curious.." When I asked Satoshi who Jin was he said it was a long story. ::shrugs:: * Kyon leaves his stare on Jin now, but doesn't say anything. Oh? Right, that story. I did? * Kaede points his pencil eraser towards Jin. "This fellow here has something to tell us..but he can't remember what it is." Katie knows the story, it's probably OK to start. Yeah. Jin is an Arcana. We think. He certainly knows who all of us are. That's about the only thing he knows. And... I'm pretty sure I am. I think. * Kaede makes a very disturbed face. "He messed up the cards somehow." He did. How do you mess up a card? I did? He managed to pull ours, but when Katie and Kaede tried to do it, they got random ones. Katie tried to pick one after Jin did..it was completely random..me too. * Jin blinks a few times. "When? I don't remember doing that." * Kyon looks Jin over again, then palms his cards wordlessly and pulls one off. Yesterday, Jin. When you found us all at the restaurant and you ate chicken. (The chicken is important. ;p) When did I do that? * Haruko leans against the lockers, content to let everyone else tell the story. So is there a card for rando...::stares at Jin:: I STILL say it's the first card Katie pulled... I remember the chicken. It was good. The Fool... No, the chicken. * Kaede rubs his chin, ignoring Jin, not purposely though. I'll take your word for it. Oh, Jin, do you know any Arcana other than us? You were able to draw Taki and Kyon's card but I assume you just took that from our minds. * Kaede shakes his head and opens Katie's box fully to distract himself, blinking again and taking out the note, pocketting it quickly. * Taki shakes her head and goes to put her new chocolates away. I know a few. * Haruko suddenly seems far more interested. "Oh? Who?" Um... I don't know their names. What are their cards? Say Jin... Meimi. I know Meimi. Hm? Do you know the Four of Cups? Reversed if you can.. * Jin nods. "Yeah." But no name? * Kyon shuffles the cards, then holds them out behind Jin to Haruko. He gestures for her to draw one. I'm... not sure. Do you know where the person who is the Four of Cups is? You said yeah...is it the Four or is it the Four Reversed you know? I don't think so. Um... I'm not sure. * Haruko concentrates for a moment then draws a card, showing it Kyon then herself. * Kaede sighs just a little. "Well, that's better than nothing..I thought so.." Would you know the Four if you saw him or her though? * Kaede rubs his head and groans. "That compulsion..it could be the Wheel in action already..." I'm not sure. Compulsion? Katie didn't tell you after did she? No. I don't know HOW I got to that restaurant last night..I was doing some work on my computer...then a half hour later..I'm at a teriyaki shop.. There's...nothing inbetween. * Satoshi blinks. * Taki blinks. [Haruko draws the Queen of Cups.] That's... disturbing. * Kyon looks down at Kaede with a scowl, then up at the card with a nod. * Taki nods,"Yeah..." It is? * Kaede leans heavily against the locker and closes his eyes. "You're telling me...I still haven't had a chance to finish my work because of that.." At first I thought you had come in together, but then... Weird, well at least I'm drawing my card. * Kaede looks up carefully at Kyon for a signal from him. * Satoshi looks at Jin. "It doesn't bother you that you can't remember very much?" I'm... not sure. * Satoshi sighs. Well, it would bother me. * Kyon looks down at Kaede wordlessly, slots the Queen back in, reshuffles, and holds them out to Kaede. * Kaede looks down at the cards and gives a brief nod before taking one from a little higher than midway. Oh, one more thing... Jin showed up yesterday wearing old-style Chinese clothes and carrying some Chinese coins. They're back at my place. We haven't ask Jin about Reiji yet, have we? Who? I thought maybe if he dressed a bit more modernly, he'd attract less attention... obviously, I was *wrong*, but... Don't worry about him just yet Jin. [Kaede draws the 2 of pentacles.] Okay. * Kaede looks down at the card and shows it wordlessly to Kyon, lips terse. * Kyon nods, and takes it back. He looks over at Jin again. "So. You don't know how you got here. You don't know what you do, or who you are. Or the basis of society. And you have almost no retention." Um... I'm not sure. (But he can remember chicken!) * Kaede groans. "I think we can take that as a yes." That seems to be right. I can eat with chopsticks. So, he has retention. But not from anything before we met him. * Kyon shakes his head. "No, that's not retention. That's a learned task. It's muscle memory. It's different." He does remember that he needs to tell us something, he remembers Meimi...and he remembers or he somehow knows who we are.. Jin, could you tell me what you learned about Valentine's day? I think that's pretty complete.. * Taki sits and thinks. Uh, People give people chocolates so they remember that they like each other. Oh, and you can eat chocolates. * Kaede absently takes a chocolate drop from his pocket and pops it in his mouth to think. Without chopsticks. * Jin points at Kaede. "See?" And Remi's getting out of the hospital tomorrow. * Kaede looks up suddenly. "Mmm?" * Haruko shrugs. "I tought him to use chopsticks, he didn't just remember how to, I think he has retention." Thank you Jin. A hospital is where sick people or people who were in accidents go so doctors can make them better by poking them with needles. He came up with the needles part all on his own. * Kaede swallows suddenly. "That's right. We should probably head to see Remi as soon as Katie gets back to thank her." Jin, do needles mean anything to you? And while we're there... * Kyon looks over at Satoshi, and smirks. "And you took him in?" * Kaede looks at Jin. "If he meets her, maybe he'll remember something..." This was before the needles thing. Katie, Kaede and Haruko couldn't take him, and I didn't want to just *leave* him there. * Jin blinks at Haruko. "Um, you can use them to heal people." You poke people in certain parts of the body, and it heals them by... um... I'm not sure how. * Satoshi mutters. "Even if he is an exercise in frustration..." * Haruko nods. "That's right, have you ever seen a needle?" (Acupuncture?) (Ya think?) (Sadly, I don't think Satoshi would know this.) * Jin nods. "I'm pretty sure." Have you every used one, poked someone else to heal them? Um, I'm not sure. * Taki takes one of her chocolates and slowly eats it. Is there anything else you remember things about that we haven't told you about? Um... I'm not sure. * Jin shakes his sleeve until his three-sectioned staff falls out. "I can hurt things. Want me to?" No! Please put that away, Jin. Nothing needs to be hurt. * Taki blinks "How'd you fit that in there?" * Kyon looks Jin over, and smirks at Satoshi. "No, really. You took him in?" * Jin blinks at Satoshi, and puts it back. * Satoshi puts a hand to his head. "Yes, Kyon. Do you want him? You're welcome to him." * Haruko looks bemused. "Jin, as a rule, don't hurt things unless they attack you first, alright?" * Kaede shakes his head and slaps his forehead. "So we're playing pass the parcel now?" Ok... (I am acting like Kaede. Help. ;p) (There's no help for you! Once you act like Kaede there's no escape!) * Kyon looks him over, and shrugs. "Doesn't look like someone Kumaguro would like." I'd offer, but we don't have anywhere to put him. No, he probably wouldn't get along with your cat. And don't worry about it, Taki. Cat? Please let us know if you remember anything else that you haven't been told Jin. But you don't have to give demonstrations. * Kaede sighs deeply. "Yes cat..it's really weird though.." * Kyon circles Jin, and looks down at his face with a smirk. "Yes, a cat. Know what those are?" Katie has a picture. Um... I can't remember. Is it good and tasty? (Yes, we knew that was coming.) * Kyon gives a nastier smirk. "No, but I bet mine would think you are." * Kaede shakes his head slightly. "Please Kyon..give him a break. Or you're no better than those girls you brushed off." * Jin blinks. "That wouldn't be good." * Haruko grins, keeping to herself her opinion of which of the two would be better able to taste the other. "Don't mind him Jin." Ok. * Satoshi looks at Kyon. "I really *do* think he's important somehow." I'm just not sure exactly how. * Kyon shrugs at Kaede's comment, but doesn't move his eyes. "Knight of Swords mean anything to you? Or Knight of Wands?" I can't remember. If we ask you about someone, would you be able to remember if the message came from them? I'm not sure. Jin...you said you could pull the card as long as we tell you which one we're looking for last night, right? Yeah * Taki blinks. If we ask you to pull the messenger, do you think you could do that? Um... If you tell me which one the messenger is. * Kaede blinks. "But..we didn't tell you who WE were...." Yeah. You just walked right up and pulled all our cards. * Kyon cocks his head, then draws out his cards. "How about I ask you to draw the person who's delivering the message?" Um... But I need to know which one it is. I pulled your cards because I knew which ones they were. * Haruko shrugs. "We tried this last night, it's friutless. I'm betting one way or another, Jin is our wheel of fortune option. Maybe he'll remember something, or maybe we'll figure him out." Satoshi said you pulled my card right? And I wasn't there. How'd you do that? He pulled Kyon's too. I just said "Taki" and he pulled yours. Um, 'cause I knew which one was yours. But you don't know how you know, right? Jin, did you get that knowledge from us, or did you know beforehand? Ahh...so if I say Saki...? But YOU knew, Satoshi... Um... I'm not sure. But he didn't know who Reiji was when we asked earlier, and we know who Reiji is. He hasn't reacted to Remi's name, either. So it can't be what we know. How did we ask though? Have him try to draw their cards. Okay. Jin, could you draw Reiji's card? * Taki watches and waits. Um... Which one is that? See? * Kaede shakes his head a bit. "I don't think we ever asked him directly though, did we?" He didn't pull Kyon's card because I said Kyon..he pulled it because..well.. Because he thought it was the one I least wanted to see. * Satoshi blinks. Jin, please draw the card I'm thinking of. ::Thinks Eight of Cups:: Ok. What card are you thinking of? And I was worried because he hadn't drawn Taki's card yet... so he pulled that... you know, that actually makes sense. Hmmm.... The one she's hoping you'll pull, just pick one. Which one is that, though? Don't worry about that then Jin. New question, how many cards to you know? Um... I'm not sure. If I ask you to draw a card you knew, could you do that? Sure. Go ahead and do that then, please. Any card? Yep. Any card you know. * Jin shrugs and draws one. The Chariot. * Satoshi blinks. This is new. * Kaede leans back and sighs. "Now we're getting somewhere.." What do you know about that card? But where are we going? Does it matter? Um... It's the Chariot. Nothing else? * Jin shakes his head. A chariot though I would think would be a definite messenger card... No idea of where we could find the Chariot? 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Sorry, I don't take bribes. No, not even chocolate. No, not kinky sex acts, either." What else though? * Kaede looks up at Kyon. * Kyon looks through narrowed eyes at Jin. "And that's not you." Um... I'm not sure. * Kaede thinks. Do you know all the cards in the deck? Could..you pull a card that would help us to get to know you better? Um... I have no idea how to do that. * Jin nods to Haruko. "Yeah." * Kaede nods. "Figured as much.." * Kyon shakes his head irritatedly, and gestures with one finger to Jin. "Follow me." He slams the cards back into his pocket, then stalks off down the hall. Um.... Okay. * Jin follows Kyon! * Satoshi sighs. This is really frustrating. * Kaede takes a deep breath. "The wording's so important..that's what I was trying last night..I was trying to get him to draw the Four of Cups but he never understood me.." * Kyon heads towards the student council room. And trusts you all to watch his chocolates. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 7. * Taki nods, "You just have to find the right question to ask. I can't seem to think of them. * Haruko frowns. "I'm not sure, there may not be a right question just yet. We may be taking the wrong approach." They can't be too specific, but they can't be too general either.. Maybe Kyon knows enough about the tarot to figure out what Jin could be. Or Katie. I sure don't. Yeah...when he pulled Kyon's card..I didn't even say anything about the card I wanted..I figured it out but it was a very loose interpretation. I still say "The Fool" is apt..I stick by that until evidence points elsewhere.. He knows our cards and he knows Meimi's or at least about her. Did he know anyone else? He didn't know Shingo or Jiro. He pulled...Judgement..didn't he? Yeah. He did. What else has he pulled? The six of us, Meimi, Judgement, and just now, Chariot. I think that's it. * Kaede tries to remember. He was pulling them pretty much at random..he pulled the Tower too I remember.. He knows the whole deck, I may well have asked the wrong question. Oh, yeah. The Tower, too. I wonder if we could just go through the deck, one at a time, and ask him if he's that card... but I highly doubt that would work. * Kaede nods. "You're right..I don't think the Chariot is him..someone he knows..but we can't be sure if it's the messenger or not." He'd just say he's not sure. Exactly. * Kaede shakes his head and nods to Taki. "I was thinking the same. I tried to ask what he was..maybe...wait.. Maybe we can try asking what he's not? He might pull the card reversed. Or he might pull any other card. He might pull you too. * Kaede nods slightly. He's not the Ace of Wands, for example. * Haruko smiles, "If he did that, we could actually learn something." Yes..it'd at least show us a bit more how he thinks.. More than that, we could identify everyone that he knows. Maybe... * Kaede wrinkles his brow. "Though I still wonder how he messed up the drawings last night..it's probably a power he's not aware of..." If he's even the one doing it. That means you guys got your correct cards today? * Kaede nods slightly. "2 of Pentacles as usual." Heh. Maybe Kyon neutralizes him. Or scares him enough so that he doesn't want to goof around.. Although, people were sort of drawing at random last night. I don't think he's *scared*... Why would he be scared of Kyon? He may be dazed and confused, but he's never shown any signs of being scared. Call it wary then. Maybe we shouldn't worry about the cards at the moment. What do we actually, solidly, know about him? I mean, if I couldn't remember practically anything, I'd be scared as hell. Or maybe not. He may have came from China, or he or his messenger wants us to believe that. Maybe I wouldn't remember how to be scared. He has a message for us. You'd probibly get used to it after a while. He knows Meimi. He doesn't seem to know usual mannerisms. And knows what Meimi does. * Kaede mutters under his breath. "Worse than me.." * Kaede speaks back up. "He knows about needles too...and he knows us." And he knows how to fight. Yeah. He did *not* want to leave that staff behind this morning. We only assume that. He's at least eager to fight. ( You can say that again c.c ) Uhm...I probibly missed this someplace, but what's the message? We don't know. He doesn't remember. Just that there is one. * Kaede sighs deeply and leans back. "What Satoshi said.." And, he can draw any card he chooses to. Although this doesn't seem to be a font of information. He knows about Arcana, he knows about us, he doesn't remember how he got here..and somehow, I don't know how I got there either.. Is that pole a traditional Chinese weapon? Maybe I should stay up tonight and see if he talks in his sleep. ( Mil sciences: Ancient Chinese weaponry! ) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (2d6) and gets 10. Not a clue. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6) and gets 7. * Kaede shakes his head. "Do you have a recorder? That'd be better so he wouldn't know you were there.." (Makes sense, why would she ask if she knew. ^^) No, I don't think I have one. Katie probably has one. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (2d6-1) and gets 6. (Taki knows for some reason) [Taki realizes it is a Chinese weapon, if not a common one.] 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katie (2d6) and gets 7. I think so, but it looks hard to use so I don't think many people would use one. The question is..how do we ask Katie without little Jin trying to tag along..? You guys could ask her while I keep Jin busy. Although then we'd have to distract Jin when you gave it to me. Katie's...taking an awfully long time isn't she..? * Haruko giggles. "I'll just teach him how to change a flat. Not too tricky." Maybe she and Taro are just having a nice long conversation. He didn't seem much of a conversationalist when we were around.. * Kaede sighs a bit. "I'll go look for her if you think we should.." * Satoshi shrugs. "Maybe he opens up more around her." He doesn't have much in common with us, which is kind of sad, but Katie like him. * Satoshi nods. Maybe we'll find something in common if we get to know him. I hope so. I mean, I'm sure she'll find us again before she leaves, so we could wait. And I wouldn't want to interrupt a private conversation. But if you guys think we should go... * Haruko grins. "Particularly not on Valentine's Day." * Kaede watches them for a bit, then frowns. "I'm..a little worried though.." She..said she was going to meet Ken too right..? Wait didn't she say she was going to find Ken...? * Satoshi frowns. "Oh yeah, she did." You don't think... Someone should stay here and wait for Kyon...I'm going to find her at least.. Maybe we should go. * Kaede turns quickly down the hallway, taking hurried steps. * Haruko blinks. "We could leave a note for Kyon." * Satoshi nods. "Haruko, could you do that, please?" Let's leave him a... You took the words right out of my mouth. * Kaede calls back over his shoulder. "Do that if you think you need to, I'm not wasting any time." He turns down and heads first towards the kendo room. * Haruko gets out some materials and quickly writes a note for Kyon. * Satoshi follows Kaede. "Thanks!" If she's in there with Taro, let them be! Where would Ken be? Okay! I have no idea. * Satoshi hurries after Kaede. Then I guess we follow them. Taro's our only clue. * Haruko nods and hangs her note on the locker. * Taki waits for Haruko. * Kaede opens the door carefully as he comes to it and peeks inside, not wanting to disturb anyone. He's on one of the sports teams right? [Haruko's note: QoW, we've gone to look for PoS, as her teasing chocolate may have been ill received. -H] * Haruko nods to Taki and follows along with the group. * Taki goes with Haruko. [As you walk, you hear a lot of shouting and stuff that sounds painful.] I think we should hurry. * Kaede curses as he hears that and picks up the pace, running faster. * Satoshi runs after Kaede. * Haruko jogs and grabs a wrench from her bag. ( pause! Roll init in the meantime. ) d6+7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Taki (d6+7) and gets 12. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (d6+6) and gets 7. d6+5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Satoshi (d6+5) and gets 7. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kaede (d6+6) and gets 11. [Outside of the gym, Kaede and Satoshi (and Taki and Haruko a bit behind) come across something big. Taro Nishizaka and Jin and Ken Hibiki seem to be fighting. Kyon is right near the fight, but not actually participating yet. And Katie is standing a bit away. She's bleeding from the corner of her mouth.] [Init is.... Taki, Jin, Kaede, Ken, Kyon, Haruko, Satoshi, Taro, Katie] [Taki's turn] * Kaede lets a tshh sound out from under his breath and grits his teeth, widening his stance. * Taki runs over to Katie, "What happened!?" [Jin already went, so...] I- I- I'm not sure. [Kaede's turn] * Kaede looks around frantically for something to use, going in front of Taki and Katie as he does so. [There's not much here, though. The school's kept nice and tidy, so no handy debris is around.] [Ken's turn] * Ken looks like he had been backing off, but after Taro's most recent shout, he heads back into the fray. "I've about had it with you, punk!" Still, he doesn't get close enough to attack. He looks intimidated by Jin. [Kyon's turn] * Kyon glares at Ken, then speaks quickly to Jin as he tries to grab Taro. "If that guy tries to attack anyone, Jin, hit him." 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kyon (2d6-1) and gets 6. [Kyon grabs Taro.] * Ken looks angry, but he heard what Kyon said. * Taro growls. "Let me go!" * Kaede keeps his eye on Ken as he lowers his arms from his guarding position, taking a deep breath, turning his head slightly. "Are you alright, Katie?" * Kyon growls quietly down into Taro's ear. "Calm down. Don't make me have to have him knock you out. No more fighting." * Katie runs to get in between all the combatants, and forces the nervousness down. She looks over at Taro. "Stop it." * Ken rubs his lip, where he's bleeding. "Jesus." * Katie turns to Jin and Ken. "Same goes for you." * Jin blinks. "B... But you told me to." * Taki changes the direction she's running in and goes to where Katie is now. * Taro struggles a bit to get at Ken and Jin, but gradually calms down. 'Specially when he realizes he's hurting pretty bad. * Haruko runs up and appraises the situation. "Where's your first aid kit, Katie?" With me. * Kaede slowly walks forward and puts a hand on her shoulder. "You can tell us what happened later...are you alright?" * Katie unceremoniously plunks the satchel on the floor. She looks dully down at it. "In there. And I'm okay." * Jin looks around at everyone. * Kaede smiles slightly. "You never gave me a chance to thank you after I opened it." * Kyon feels Taro calm down, and lets his grip release slowly. * Taki digs out the kit and hands it to Haruko. * Satoshi lets out a breath. "You... never mind." Thanks, Taki, please sit down Katie. Are you hurt Taro? I can get to you once I'm done with her. * Kaede releases his grip and stands up, pushing his glasses up his nose, letting them conveniently hide his eyes. * Kyon cocks his head, and looks Jin over again. "Put away the staff." * Kaede is looking straight at Ken however * Jin blinks, looks down at the tri-sectioned staff, and puts it away. Um... Now that you mention it. * Taki helps Katie the best she can, "I think it's over now, so if you wouldn mind relaxing a bit." * Taro winces bit and points at Jin. "He's some kind of maniac!" * Kyon shrugs at Taro. "You're the one who kept fighting after your opponent backed off." * Katie sits. "Fine." She ignores the conversation around her. But it's his fault! My...?! * Kaede turns to Taro. "I don't care whose fault it is...Katie said stop this, so stop. * Ken glares. "Whatever. I've got things to do." * Kyon smirks at Taro, and holds a hand up at Ken. "Doesn't matter. You did it. So he hit you. Consequence to the action." * Ken heads towards the gym. "Andrews, get away from this clod." * Haruko takes out the kit and goes to work on Katie, making sure any surface wounds are covered first. * Katie lets Haruko work on her. She seems to be holding up pretty well. Maybe. 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Haruko (2d6-3) and gets 6. * Kaede runs his finger through his hair and bunches it up in a bundle. "Honestly..." * Jin looks at everyone. "Uh.... I tried to stop them while staying away, like you told me." * Taki holds onto one of Katie's hands. Don't...worry about it Jin. * Jin points at Taro. "And he attacked me, so I attacked him back, like you told me." Uh... okay. We'll figure this out later.. * Satoshi honestly has no idea what to do, so he settles on watching Haruko and Katie. * Kyon looks over Katie very quickly and ascertainingly, then gestures to Jin. "Right. Still need to talk to you, though." * Haruko seems to do a reasonable job with the first aid kit, and unbenownest to anyone else she invokes her healing powers. Okay. * Kaede pats his jacket down and away, taking another deep breath and kneeling down behind Haruko. "How's she doing?" * Kyon looks over the others, nods tersely, and gestures curtly for Jin to follow. "Student council room." She'll be alright. * Jin peers at the room and nods. "Yeah." Good. * Kyon stalks off irritatedly towards the room, and heads in. * Kaede lets out a long breath. "Good...Remi's just getting out..we don't want someone to take her place in there.." Good. I'm sorry, Katie. * Katie doesn't bother looking up at Taro. "For what?" * Haruko whispers. "Tell me when you're feeling well again." For, uh... Hitting you. You can hit me back if you want. * Satoshi blinks. "You did what?" * Taki blinks, "Wha?" * Jin watches Kyon go. * Katie shakes her head. "It was an accident. Try again." * Kaede just closes his eyes and takes a deep breath. * Kyon pokes his head out after a moment, and stares back at Jin. "Follow me in here." Oh. Okay. * Jin follows Kyon in. If you worry about accidents, then you never trust yourself to do anything right...just make sure you intend to do the right thing and you'll be alright, Taro. I did. Uhm....right...What he said...Could either of you please tell me what happened? Then no need to apologize really is there? I think that's Katie's point. No, that's not my point. Ken was bothering Katie, so I tried to stop him. * Katie gets to her feet and turns, looking up at Taro. "How was attacking Ken the right thing?" * Kaede looks for a moment at Katie and sighs. "Katie.." * Taro looks confused. "Because he's a jerk." Be quiet, Kaede. * Haruko stands up next to Katie, but doesn't get in the way. People being jerks isn't a reason to attack them. He wasn't going to hurt me. * Kaede pushes his glasses up and shakes his head, walking off. * Satoshi keeps his mouth shut and listens very intently. He wasn't going to hurt you either, was he? Well... * Taki lets go of Katie as she stands and then gets to her own feet. * Taro rubs the back of his head. "I- I wasn't really... sure, or anything." * Katie keeps looking at Taro, almost as though she were searching for something. "No, I guess you weren't." * Kaede stops just at the edge of the gym, taking a look over his shoulder. * Kaede shakes his head again and heads back down the hall. I was going to explain, but the fight cut me off. So, again, why? * Haruko nervously bites her lip. * Taki silently stands next to Katie, and then takes a step away from her. * Taro rubs his head again. "Um... Why what? I don't understand." * Katie shakes her head. "Never mind." She digs in her satchel, extracting a wrapped package, this one a bit bigger and more brightly wrapped than the others she's handed out today. * Katie holds it to Taro. "This is for you. Happy Valentine's Day." * Taro smiles. "Oh! Thank you." He bows Kyon'dy. * Katie smiles thinly. "You're welcome." She blinks a couple times, then picks up her satchel and walks rather hastily away. * Kaede waits outside for Katie. * Taro watches her go. "Uh? Katie?" * Satoshi eyes Taro uneasily, and follows Katie. * Taki bows to Taro and chases after Katie. * Haruko turns to Taro, "Wait in the Kendo room, I'll look after you after I'm done with her." * Taro nods. "Okay." He heads that way, but keeps his eyes on the direction Katie went. * Katie keeps going, wiping at her eyes. * Haruko watches until she's sure Taro is following instructions, then grabs the kit, puts her wrench in her backpack and runs after Katie. * Taki continues the chase "Katie!" * Kaede blinks as he sees Katie pass, starting to take a step forward, then stops, holding his arm out to block everyone else. * Satoshi stops. "Kaede?" I think..she might want some time to herself.. At least for a bit... Kaede, I appreciate what you're doing, but I won't have any questions for her. Let me pass, if she doesn't want me now I'll leave her alone. * Taki comes to a stop by Kaede's arm. "Haruko's right." Exactly. * Kaede sighs and lets his arm up. "Fine...but just..." * Taki looks around for other people. * Haruko smiles at Kaede, "You have the right idea, you may even be right about me. I'll go find out." * Haruko rushes to catch up with Katie. * Taki chases. * Satoshi follows Haruko and Taki. * Kaede nods and takes another look at the note he'd opened after he left out, muttering quietly to himself "Looks like it's not just one side that needs to know people better, Katie Andrews.." * Haruko turns to Taki and Satoshi as she runs. "No questions unless she ask for them." * Satoshi nods. * Kaede puts the note in his pocket and slips his hand in after them, walking the other direction. Right, but if we don't catch up we'll never have a chance to ask them...is there anybody around? * Katie is hurrying out the doors as you speak. You can see her. * Haruko runs but waits to speak until she's close enough to use a conversation tone, "You really don't need physical pain right now, but I can quietly tend to you now or later, your choice." * Katie pauses just as she's about to open the door. "I... I'm all right. I didn't get hurt that badly." * Haruko nods. "You sure? You don't need to be stoic, I'll give you privacy even if you are hurt." * Taki slows down and comes to a stop a little behind Haruko. * Katie looks over at Haruko, and now it's really obvious she's been crying. "I mean I don't need you to heal me. I'm not that hurt, and you already got most of it." * Haruko bites her lip. "Alright." She sighs. "Do you want to be alone, or would you like someone here? Doesn't have to be me, I can get people for you." I... * Katie looks behind Haruko to the others. "I don't know." That's an alright way to feel. Do whatever seems right, you can always change your mind. * Taki tilts her head as Katie looks at her, "It's up to you. We're your freinds, but if you need to be alone we won't stop you." Yeah. We're here if you want us, and if you don't... well, we'll still be nearby. Just not right here. * Satoshi isn't terribly good at this sort of thing. ( Who is? :P ) * Katie hugs her arms. "I guess... I just don't know anymore." * Katie giggles a little and wipes at her eyes. I'm more scared than when we met Katsuchiyo the second time. * Satoshi looks startled. Wh....::shakes her head:: Just remember that no matter what happens we will be here for you. I mean, it's not really the same way at all, but. * Katie nods. Katsuchiyo couldn't break your heart. Which is far more frightening than physical danger. * Katie winces. I just... he... * Haruko curses to herself and gives Katie a hug. "You'll be alright." * Katie hugs back. I... I just need to think about this. I'll see you tomorrow. * Satoshi nods. We'll see you then. Please take care. * Haruko nods. "Give us a call, no matter the time, if you need someone." Yes, please. * Katie smiles hesitantly. "I will." And thanks. Yeah, anytime. You've got my cell number, right? It's what where here for. * Katie nods and waves, then is out of there. [Session End]