<> <> <> Hmm, this doesn't look bad at all. * Demetreia blinks slowly as the group approaches the restaurant and twitches a little. * Katherine wades through ads wearing a green top, black jeans, and the brown duster she brought along. "Go to Sweden for Mediterranean food. Perfect." <> * Ian grins. "You were expecting logic?" * Leopoldo smirks. "I like this stuff. There something wrong with it?" * Vera looks it over. "Does it have burgers?" She looks like she usually does, except for once she's decided to wear her hair unbound, and actually looks more like a woman this way. She's also not wearing a hat! OMG! * Demetreia basically ignores the ads, staring at the place. * Vera is twirling it on her finger instead. * Katherine glances at Leo, then shakes her head. "It'd be nice to see logic now and again, is all." * Ian nods. (Obviously, her hat and the backup hats were all destroyed in the fire.) Mmm, have you ever tried it? * Katherine walks into the place, glad to be free of the ads. "What, logic, or food? I live in NYC. We have every type of food." (At least, she hopes she's free of the ads. >_>) * Ian follows, looking about. ( They follow you in. THEY WATCH YOU EAT. THEY WATCH YOU SLEEP. ) * Leopoldo walks in. "Logic or food. It's optional." <> * Demetreia walks in slowly, starting to shake a little. * Vera follows the others in. * Ian looks over at Deme. "What's wrong?" * Vera turns her head to look at Deme. "Don't like this kinda food? Not exactly my thing either..." I...like this. * Leopoldo looks at Demetreia. "Then why are you shaking?" * Demetreia looks down at herself, a little puzzled, as if she didn't notice what she'd been doing. "...huhhh..." (...you know what we've got? We've got Deme the Paranoid Android.) (I just thought she used up her blinks.) ( No, no, then she'd've gone boom. ) * Katherine glances back at Deme, then turns to the host(ess) asks for a table! Hopefully one arrives. ( A table, or a host(ess)?) (Hey, if the table wants to walk over, I'd be pleased.) (Less work for me.) <> * Demetreia stares at her menu without opening it. * Vera sits down and rests her hat on the table. <> * Ian takes a seat, and opens the menu. * Leopoldo takes a seat and opens the menu, then looks at the specials. "I think I'm going to go for the braised lamb and calamari." <> * Ian nods. "Same here - it looks excellent." * Ian orders! Calamari? Oh yeah, those onion ring things. * Katherine goes with the chicken and risotto thing after a brief bout with the menu, and then glances around the room. * Vera also orders the chicken to save time. * Fitzroy orders the chicken special as well. d6+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (d6+6) and gets 9. (...swell.) (The special?! That's what I'm having! Waitress, change my order to the soup!) <> ... Calamari is squid. (Cannibals!) (Hey, that's only Ian. Ian is the cannibal.) (Hey now.) * Demetreia sits up, stares straight ahead, and says in an odd tone, "I would like a small bouillabaisse gyro platter, light on the basil, and no dressing on the salad." <> * Katherine looks amused for a brief second, and then looks at Deme again. * Demetreia blinks slowly and looks at the unopened menu before her, a crease starting to form between her eyebrows. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-2) and gets 5. Are you sure that's nothing, Demetreia? <> What...what do you mean? Well, if she wanted the gyro... Isn't that when something stays flat? Maybe it's so she doesn't spill any soup or something. I mean you're looking... stressed. ( Vera. Stop channeling Enzo. NOW. ) * Katherine looks at Vera oddly. "G-y-ros keep you balanced. Gy-ros are food." (Stupid different pronunciations.) * Vera looks at Kat just as oddly. "If you say so." * Ian just blinks at the odd turn the conversation is taking. (Briefly, *briefly*, thought you mean Enzo from Reboot, and let me tell you, my brain more or less melted.) (...oh, dear. ) ( No, Enzo from SSS. Although in small doses the difference is slight. ) * Katherine blinks once or twice at Vera, and then drinks. * Demetreia has, seemingly without noticing, already downed half her water. ( She drinks it through her finger like Mork. ) * Ian takes a sip of his wine. * Vera drinks a soda. <> * Ian blinks, and peers over thataway. <> * Katherine smiles faintly. "Oops." * Demetreia starts and looks. * Vera looks up quickly. Her first thought is that they used a vertical-type gyro instead. * Leopoldo is lightly drinking some whine. (Ah, typo irony.) "Oops," you say? (Leopoldo tapped the Internet for some fine '04 Whine) * Katherine takes another drink. It's water. "Yep." (... wine. >_<) * Ian raises an eyebrow and decides that wine is more interesting than pursuing the matter further. <> "I must apologize. It appears that we will be unable to serve calamari today. I can substitute oysters on the half-shell, if that would be agreeable." Ah, that's fine with me. (...ha.) ("I HAVE DISPOSED OF THE CHEF. YOU WILL HAVE OYSTERS. COMPLY! COMPLY!") ( ...oh, dear. ) (Now I'm imagining that this place is run by Prag, and one of the iBots is here.) ... A...Anton? * Katherine leans back a little in her chair and doesn't respond. She didn't have calamari! <> "Yes? .... do I know you?" Oysters? Those are edible? I... * Ian raises an eyebrow at Vera and opens his mouth, then stops. * Demetreia blinks at him. * Katherine looks between Deme and 'Anton', and her ears twitch. * Demetreia tilts her head, her posture changing completely, and her voice going up a little. "...Uncle Anton? You don't remember me?" 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-1) and gets 4. * Fitzroy looks up at 'Anton' <> "Maybe..." * Vera quirks an eyebrow at that, but doesn't say anything yet. I...we used to... ...I... (Demeteria has gone into an infinite loop. Please press her nose to reboot.) (Don't eat hat.) * Demetreia haltingly babbles something at Anton. It sounds like it's in another language, but doesn't seem to be either Earther or Spacer. * Leopoldo shrugs. "Oysters are acceptable." ( Yup, infinite loop. ) (... infinite Leo?) ( Out of Calamari Exception thrown on line eat. ) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fitzroy (2d6-2) and gets 7. * Vera shrugs. "In World War II they ate sawdust for bread, but whatever suits your fancy." * Katherine says idly, "Sawdust? And I thought I'd had it bad." She is now looking very carefully at Deme. <> "Little Demeka! We thought you were dead! They said it was so!" Well, that and boiled glue and coat leather. I...was dead? I... * Demetreia babbles something else. That was back when Leningrad was under seige for almost three years, and... dead? Wha? * Leopoldo pays attention, but doesn't say anything to break ti up. (it.) * Ian is doing likewise, taking the occasional sip of wine. <> "Dead with your parents, little lamb. Missing, presumed dead, that's what they said." I... * Demetreia leans her elbows up on the table, her head pressed down on her hands, trembling. <> "There, there, little one." * Demetreia mumbles. "M...mater, pater..." "Did you not think to come back home?" I...I didn't remember... * Katherine starts chewing on her lip a little. <> "The food will be here soon." <> "So what happened, little lamb? WHere have you been?" I...everywhere? It...it has been...I haven't, I thought, I didn't know anything... "Calm down, Demeka. Deep breaths." <> * Demetreia takes shuddering deep breaths, not looking at anyone from the group. * Ian begins eating, but slowly, concentrating more on what's going on nonfoodwise. * Leopoldo eats... <> "Where was she?" We all met in Red New York... * Katherine starts eating too, and gestures absently at Anton. "She's been there, off and on, for a little more than a month." * Vera eats too. "So, no onion rings after all, huh, Ian?" "And she didn't remember anything?" Ah, well. This is tasty. (OCTOPUS RING) (...squid acrobatics?) (oooohhh yes.) * Demetreia shakes her head. Not a thing. * Katherine frowns for a second, then says cautiously, "Nothing she felt like sharing, anyway." * Fitzroy finally starts eating, still listening to the conversation. * Leopoldo continues eating. * Ian is still eating. <> "YDo you all know what happened to her parents?" Not exactly. We did find some information, but... * Katherine looks between Anton and Deme. "As far as we found, they'd died." * Demetreia twitches. <> "Yes. It is a horrible story. They were killed by a street gang in Red Cape Town, gunned down in the middle of the street. They thought that she had been taken away to be sold, or killed, or worse." * Ian winces. * Demetreia hics a little. <> * Katherine looks a little stunned. "Gunned down? Jesus--" * Demetreia whimpers. "I tried..." * Leopoldo frowns. * Katherine suddenly snaps the phone out of her duster, and says a little quickly, "Kat." * Vera looks down. She grabs her hat and stuffs it on her head just for something to do. "I know you did, lamb. It's okay, you're with friends now." * Katherine grins a little weakly. "Hey. You pick the best times to call. Get my message?" <> "Thank you for taking care of her. It is very good to see she is not hurt." <> "Not that much could get through her thick skin, eh?" * Katherine frowns, glances around, then says, "Near Old-Town, same place we were yesterday. Where are you?" * Demetreia looks up too. * Katherine adds, "And why do you need to know?" * Ian nods to Anton. "We're all in this together." (<_< >_> Come on, people! Get your Dunno on!) ( What's there to say? @_@ ) * Katherine looks stunned, than says in a mix of amused and annoyed, as is Kat's quirky wont, "... God dammit, Thren, you could have told me." She looks at Deme again. "Deme's having an old home week, but we'll be there as soon as possible." * Demetreia starts upright. "I *don't* have a brother!" * Vera raises an eyebrow. * Demetreia sounds relieved and a little vindicated. * Vera looks at Anton. "Hey, you'd probably know. Does Deme have a brother?" * Katherine closes her eyes, then says, "Probably, and right." She clicks the phone closed. <> "A brother? No. She was an only child. Made the whole mess more tragic." * Katherine looks at everyone with a faint smile. "If we don't get over to the park quick, you won't have a not-brother, a Roch, or a Thren either." * Vera nods. Why? What's with the park? Dunno. (*kicks Kat*) ...what? * Ian blinks, and gets up quickly. * Katherine pauses, then adds, "Operatives. Dunno Operatives. God, I'll kill whoever came up with that name." ( *snickers* ) * Demetreia gets up, a little shaky. * Vera blinks. "But why would...?" Then it dawns on her. "... son of a bitch." ... I...but... <> "Are you going to be okay, Demeka?" I, I...I don't know... * Katherine looks at Deme, and nods at Anton. "If you're not OK, you can stay with Anton. You've never been much for fighting anyway." She stuffs the cell away. * Demetreia nods. "I'm sorry....thank you..." * Katherine shrugs, then gets a faint grin. "And hey, if anyone else wants to stay with her? Not your job to bail Thren and Roch's asses out." She charges a chip and drops it on the table. * Ian nods. "We'll be back." <> "We'll take care of her. And the meal's on the house." * Katherine blinks, and steals her chip back. Well, then! Thank you! <> * Katherine stands and moves exitward. "Alright, then. Who's staying, who's going?" * Demetreia sniffles, a tear trickling down her cheek, then stops, touching the tear. "But robots don't....oh..." * Leopoldo gets up. "I could do what I always do and try to hit them." * Demetreia slumps back. ( Robot May Cry! ) (But possibly not.) * Fitzroy nods to Anton, "Thanks.. I'll go if you think you'll need me, Kat." * Ian goes with Kat. "I'll help." * Katherine looks back at Deme, and sighs. "The world's timing sucks. Roy... stick with Deme. Give her a hug, take her back to the apartment if she wants." * Vera grumbles. "Goddamn, I should just let them get killed." But she stands up. (Now it's time to be sympathetic and human, Roy!) (It's your chance!) (Sympathy? Roybot does not compute.) * Fitzroy looks relieved, "Good luck then." * Katherine grins faintly, then starts moving swooshingly. Dusters are awesome for swooshing. "Let's move, then. Northeast side of the park." * Vera follows Kat out, hands stuffed in her pockets. * Ian follows, nearly running. <> * Katherine eyes the Dunnopeople. "... Okay. We're looking for a shed. And preferably not to be shot at much. It's near the Ion Curtain, so... let's sweep, I guess. Okay?" <> ( Heehee, you said Ion Curtain. ) Split up? * Ian nods. (Not on my watch you don't, I've got three fucking channels already.) Hmmm.... For some reason I don't think that's a good idea. * Katherine frowns, and shakes her head, "Yeah, it shouldn't be hard, and if we get shot at, we don't want to be more outmatched than we already are. There can't be that many sheds. Just keep your eyes peeled." She heads curtain-wards. < * Vera heads curtain-wards too, from a slightly different but relatively in the same direction, as stealthily as she can. ( Oh, well, let's each pick one. ) (Well, Leo's with us too, ain't he?) * Ian follows, eyeing the sheds. * Leopoldo shrugs. ( He gets to check the tree. ) * Katherine 's ears twitch, and she mutters, "The tree one." * Vera nods and sneaks over there! * Katherine walks that way too, looking out for DunnoPeople. * Ian follows! (Just as an exercise in futility, let's have those Stealth checks.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6) and gets 9. * Leopoldo follows! 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6-3) and gets 8. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Leopoldo (2d6) and gets 5. (I made it by 2?) (... Ow, Vera.) ( Translation: You're screwed. ) ( x.x ) <> 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ian (2d6) and gets 8. (Deeply screwed.) <> <> Hey Roch. Whatcha doing here? * Rochelle tilts her head to Edward. "He wanted to come." Oh, is that all? Yeah, that's about what I figured. ( Deme: You're not my brother, retard! And now I *know* it! AHAHAHAHAHHAA ) * Katherine rubs her temples and looks around, saying, "Catchup later. Deal with the fact that we're about to be shot up now. Anyone see an escape vehicle, or do we run for the tube?" * Ian blinks, and looks around quickly. * Threnody nods once. "Agreed. They're still sort of disorganized. If we start walking slowly, they might not catch on." <> Walking slowly is a good tactic, yes. * Edward voices no oppinion on the matter. * Katherine will start walking slowly, then. "It's a start." * Vera does so too. * Leopoldo nods and walks slowly too. <> (Yes, but we look ridiculous in a casual, easy style!) * Ian walks normally! Okay, kinda slowly. ("Casual yet smart.") * Rochelle walks along. (I also need to be getting to bed shortly.) * Edward follows (slowly) like a good Edward unit. ( "Slimy, yet satisfying." ) <> * Katherine exhales noisily. "Space fucking Jesus." (Talk for a bit.) * Threnody sighs and sits down. "What a total disaster." Yeah, you can say that again. Sorry. Whew. What happened? Hmm? * Katherine will assume we actually boarded the train, and is standing, holding on to something. (Yes.) * Threnody shakes his head. "I don't know. Someone noticed Edward when we went into the hedge maze... cue all of them crawling out of the woodwork. We barely got away and hid." * Vera smokes a cigarette. Hmm. * Rochelle nods. "It was a little crazy. But good exercise." * Katherine looks at Roch, and gives a weak grin. "You've been doing this flee for your life thing too long if you think it's good exercise." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Fitzroy (2d6) and gets 10. * Rochelle shrugs. "Nah. But it is." Luckily we're there to bail them out. * Threnody glances at Katherine. "What did you mean when you said Demetreia was having an 'old home week'?" (*eyes the clock* UH. I really need to hit the sack, like, NOWish.) * Katherine looks at Thren, then says, "She ran into an old friend of the family, and... well, it seemed to break her shell, so to speak. I'm no psychologist, but once she puts it together, she'll probably know all what happened to her." * Ian nods. On the other hand, it turns out Edward isn't her brother after all. * Edward blinks. "I'm not?" * Rochelle blinks, then looks at Edward. "Guess not." <> * Leopoldo nods. ...what the hell?! (...) . . . <> * Katherine looks at the damage. "... Aw, fucking Christ in nullspace!" <>