[Flashback. Day: Saturday. Time: 10:00 PM.] ( Ooh. Flashback ) ( We've got a psychic character already Miyu. ) [The boat has been steadily making its way towards the harbor, and is almost there. Wai.] ( Yeah, but not a psychokinetic. ) [And Kaira is unconscious again so I don't have to start another mIRC session.] *** Kirby is now known as Kimiko ( no! ;_; ) *** Kirby2 is now known as Shinosuke ( Dear.. god no., ) [Session Start] * Andrew groans. (... him again? @_@ ) (Where did you think he went?) ... Andrew? You're awake? * Chelsea stretches. "Are we there yet?" Ow. ( You wanted to push him overboard ^_^ ) .... I forget. What was your name, rank, and serial number again? Nice work Andrew. You ever hear of stealth? * Shigeru sits on the ground with his laptop open. He types a few things, considers, then types some more. Shinosuke Watanabe. Private. 70599 ( ... ) Stealth... is overrated. * Shinosuke says that X.x * Hikaru gives Andrew a dirty look. * Chelsea chuckles dryly. "Sure it is, Andrew." Besides... they were going to hurt the lady. Well, we're not the ones who almost died. Can't have that. ...you could've gotten all of us killed. ... she's the one who killed Calvin, you know... Eh? * Andrew gathers the energy to sit up. .... Kaira. * Andrew looks at Kaira. * Miyu motions towards her. This little thing did in my brother? ... yes. ... I know I won't seek vengeance. so why didn't she defend herself? ... ? * Chelsea stands and swaggers over to Shigeru. "Whatcha' up to, Shig?" What makes you think she didn't? * Shigeru looks up at the group. "She was hogtied. And those guys weren't exactly pushovers." [The boat guides itself toward a dock] If she could take Calvin, she should have been able to take them. ... where is that robed guy when you need answers... * Hikaru nods. "That white haired guy was probably incredibly strong." Nothing much. Trying... well, research. But I can't think clearly. She probably did the same thing you did. Except she didn't have anyone to pull her ass out of the fire. * Chelsea nods. "Know how it feels." Plus, she had to deal with two Shiggy-clones at once. * Shigeru winces and looks back at his screen. Why would they clone Shigeru? * Andrew stares at Kaira, willing her to wake up. [It doesn't work :P] ( Andrew can do that? @)@ ) ( Well duh... ) ( Oh ) I'd be awfully good as a weapon. How do you know I'm the original, anyway? * Shigeru shuts his computer off and stuffs it in its case. We'll take your word on it. Shigeru-san, you...you grew up normally, right? You don't have some unknown past...do you? ( You're a PC :P ) (Shh!) Besides, you havn't tried to kill us all. So, we'll just take that as an assumption. Sounds like one of Calvin's inane plots. I'm just guessing you are, Shig. [The boat arrives and begins lining itself with a dock] * Chelsea ruffles Shigeru's hair. ... we'll have to eliminate every last one of those copies... * Shinosuke jumps off the boat onto the dock as soon as it's in range, and bolts. * Shigeru shrugs. "Yeah. Went to school, had parents, and all." ... ( So when does S-Prime show up? :P ) ... So, someone wanna catch him? You do it. I can't run, and I can't fly. * Hikaru blinks as Shinosuke flees. "I could run him down, if you want." Not now, Miyu... and there goes Private Shinosuke Watanabe, 70599. [He's gone by now. :P] Well, not quickly. ...... Not I. I don't exactly feel like running. Well damn. ( That wasn't what I expected @_@ ) Well... That sucked. Oh well. ( I figured you'd be on top of him as soon as he tried it @_@ ) *** Shinosuke is now known as Kirby ( Heh. ) ( I didn't know that game time passed this quickly ) (You had him bolt! :P I don't know how far he got by the time I reacted.) ( Bolt generally means "So damn fast you don't have a chance" ) Right. So, who's up for food? Anybody up for pancakes? I know the greatest place. ( I let each of you say something before informing you that it was too late :P ) * Shigeru shrugs. ... alright. * Hikaru 's stomach growls. ( You should probably let us know it IS possible to catch him before expecting us to. ^_^; ) What are we going to do with this Kaira person, though? ... ( It might have been :P ) I don't know. Be easier if she were awake. We can't exactly cart an unconscious woman around. Leave her and let her fly home? ...no. Well, we can put her in my apartment until she recovers enough to tell her what hideous scum we are, knock us around and flee. (change that second 'her' to 'us'.) We're not leaving her alone, and unconscious. Err, yeah. I'm going with Andrew on that one. * Shigeru walks over to Kaira and shakes her gently. At least, not on the streets. * Chelsea shrugs. "Okay. We can put her in my apartment, and order out while we stand guard over her." Agreed. [She doesn't respond.] Sure, sounds good. ...I don't want to be anywhere near when she wakes up. Huh. Too bad IHoP doesn't deliver. I haven't gotten my ass kicked enough this week anyway. * Shigeru sighs. "Sure." [And thus they did so. End Flashback] (Wai.) ( yay ) ( and Kaira still hasn't woken up? ) [Day: Monday. Time: 9:00 AM] (Where are we?) [Everyone stayed at Chelsea's place after the funeral yesterday :P] (Ah.) ( Ah ) [Kaira's fallen in and out of consciousness since then] ... Calvin... I swear, I'll be with you again, someday... *** Kirby is now known as Kaira ( blargh. I wanted to see the look on her face when she saw Andrew. ) ( /me laughs. ) ( He's back from the dead! For vengeance! ) * Chelsea is still asleep. z.z The rest of you are free to enjoy the luxurious accomidations of her flat. * Andrew sits next to Kaira, keeping watch. (Just don't go in the guest room. Mwaha.) * Miyu is watching her sister along with Calvin's brother. * Shigeru sits, his laptop plugged into his wall and open. He rubs at his eyes. (his -> the) ... what're you researching, Shigeru? * Eoi yawns. * Hikaru sits on the floor and stares off into space. You know, once she wakes up, this isn't going to go well at all. Haven't gotten to researching. But I have a list. ... I know. Why's that? (Note to all; Chelsea has a horde of movies. She prolly has something like Crouching Kirby, Hidden Kasumi to watch, if you want.) ...that's why I want to be out of here long before she wakes up. But I'm not, and I don't know why. * Miyu puts in Crouching KIrby, Hidden Kasumi. * Shigeru frowns slightly. "Oh yeah." He grabs a nearby pencil and pad, and starts scribbling on it. "How good are you with computers, Miyu, Andrew?" I'm positively horrible, Shig. Calvin's the one who took care of that sort of stuff. I don't have any real training, but I can probably figure out a bit. Hmm? What's up? All I ever did was IRC, where he held his games. [Miyu doesn't remember the next 120 minutes, except for that it was very, very good. ] Ah. You can browse the 'net, then? ... more Kirby.... I can click a link, and download, and I can chat. That's about all. 'S all you gotta know. * Shigeru writes some more, making the instructions more detailed. He rips off the top sheet, then copies it onto another one. Anyway, isn't it obvious why it's going to be nasty when she wakes up? She killed your brother, and tried to kill the rest of us too. ... she's barely concious. zzz It wouldn't take much to put her back down again. * Chelsea walks into the main room, wearing a tank top and pyjama pants. "How's the patient?" I'm sure she had a reason for it. I'll wait to hear it. Sleeping. .... has there been a precedence of keeping prisoners in the Mystery Club? Oy, nobody told Andrew why she hates humans? ... what happened when I was gone, anyway? Well, that's good. I don't want to find out what sort of bear she is when she wakes up just yet. * Shigeru walks over to Andrew, Miyu, and Kaira. He gives Andrew one of the papers, then Miyu the other. "Go to the site at the top. Put in all those access codes afterwards. Don't worry about messages telling you you put in the wrong ones." He grins slightly. "It's my research file. I'll put what I find in there." Ah. I see. Hmm? * Miyu goes to do those things. [There's a knock on the door.] * Andrew folds up the paper and puts it in his wallet. I thought you got it already, Eoi? * Shigeru blinks. ... * Chelsea blinks. * Miyu looks through the peep hole ( What peep hole? ) guys... quiet... (..... there's no peep hole? ) ( No ) * Chelsea swaggers over to the door. * Hikaru looks cautiously towards the door. ( Then how od you see who's on the other side? @_@ ) (Chelsea's flat used to be an office, mind.) * Eoi looks towards the door. ( Open the door :P ) ( Oh. ) ( I've never seen a place of residence with a door without a peep hole bfore ) * Chelsea takes her rapier off the coatrack near the door, just in case. [There's another knock] Who is it? * Eoi pulls his Naginata from.. somewhere. Just in case. (I would also like to note that there is a locked door at the bottom of the stairs leading to this one. Which means our friend knocking at the door is either well-connected or a good lock-picker.) * Shigeru just looks over at the door. ["It's a surprise!" responds a voice that sounds familiar, but you can't quite place.] Shigeru... can you detect who's on the other side? ( How does the voice sound? ) ( male ) * Chelsea opens the door. "For the last time, I don't wanna buy any wrapping paper." Ten yen it's the mage. Surprise? A good surprise or a bad surprise? [As soon as Chelsea opens the door, a familiar figure walks past her into the apartment.] *** Byakko has joined #besm .... Son of a @_@ Oh. It's you. Damn. Good thing nobody took me up on that. Hallo, bub. * Eoi gets into a fighting stance. Hi. Hope you don't mind. I let myself in. ... who's this guy? *** Daisuke sets mode: +o Byakko You bastard. What are you doing here? Hey now, why're you getting all punchy, Eoi? We do mind, but you're here anyway. This god-fuck hurt my grandfather. That you did. So, to what do we owe the dubious honor of your visit? Ah. Good enough reason, I suppose. * Byakko looks around for the refridgerator, and helps himself to a can of Corke when he finds it. * Eoi glares pure hatred at Byakko. ( Byakko's turned into Mishihara! ) ( Dear GOD no! ) ( Who? ) (*facepalm*) (Either that or Kramer.) * Byakko takes a sip. "Ahhh... this stuff is better than most people give it credit for." * Hikaru crouches. Anyhow, I wanted to find you guys. So I did. Seems reasonable enough. What. Do. You. Want? * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. ... what do you want us for? * Byakko grins a bit. "Been watching the news lately?" ... * Shigeru blinks. Haven't had time, really. Huh? No, we've been busy dying or almost dying. * Shigeru steps over to his laptop and pulls up a news site. (I'll guess that's a 'no'.) *** Greg has quit IRC (Quit: SWScript v3.0 has arrived. The Force is strong with this one... http://www.outer-rim.net/swscript/ ) * Eoi looks over Shiggy's shoulder. * Miyu looks too * Shigeru grumbles something about being cramped, then stares. * Chelsea goes past Byakko to the fridge and pulls out a bottle of green tea. "Y'know, you really ought to ask before taking someone from the refridgerator when you're a guest." What is it? God damnit, it never ends. Three buses of grade school kids have disappeared over the last week. ... Hundred kids. Children? * Byakko winks at Chelsea. "I know, but I don't like to use unnecessary words." ..... why? Yeah. You know, five to twelve years old? What?! * Shigeru shrugs. They don't know. ... With or without the buses? * Chelsea nearly spittakes. The buses vanished. Kids in the buses. ... Ok Byakko. What do you know about this? ( It's the dark kingdom! Lets investigate near Rei's shrine! *runs away* ) That bears investigation. ( DIe Hikaru. ) I know who did it. ( I already used that plot in SMF. ) ( and I used something similar in TSoaC. ) ... *sigh* ( Whatever works :P ) * Shigeru looks over at Byakko. "And you're going to tell us, right?" * Chelsea carefully swallows. "So, our dear friend Byakko. Don't suppose you have information that might help us in understanding this delimma?" And you're going ot tell us.. for a price? As a matter of fact, yes ^_^ ... what do you want? Oh, think nothing of it. Call it paying my debt for the demon. * Hikaru blinks. * Eoi glares. "..." .... oh. Though obviously I have an alterior motive. Obviously. Let me guess. But I'm not going to tell you what! ^_^ Whatever is doing this has power. And if we defeat it, It's power will go to your master too. Nope. Actually, that's entierly wrong. * Shigeru shrugs. "They're kids, and innocents on top of it. We have to save 'em." Oh well. Doesn't really matter. * Byakko nods at Shig. "I thought you'd say that." We've got 100 kids to save. * Chelsea has another sip. "Naturally." ... is one of your kids missing? Give us the details. Because, We need to almost die again this week. It's why I don't really care that you know I'm up to something. There's not really much you can do about it ^_^ You know, ten times just isn't enough. Death is nothing to fear. ....... so, tell us what you're going to say? * Shigeru smiles crookedly at Andrew. "There are worse things, yeah." * Byakko tosses a slip of paper containing an address at Eoi. "Here ya go. But don't go there until after sundown. Else you can't get in." * Eoi grabs the paper. Alright. Mind telling us what we're dealing with, Byakko? If you say Sore wa.. himitsu desu, I will shove my Naginata down your throat. Jeez, why don't you just ask him to take care of the problem for you. Because he obviously wouldn't Andrew. * Byakko finishes the Corke, hands the empty can to Chelsea, and heads for the door. "Well, gotta run. And all I can say is... Well, nothing, really." * Hikaru sideglances at Andrew. "...you LIKE going into situations like this blind?" Ta-ta! * Byakko closes the door behind him. ... Like it, no. I'm used to it, though. *** Byakko is now known as ReKirby * Shigeru waves half-heartedly at the door, then turns back to his computer. "Address, Eoi?" ... * Eoi looks at the address. ... if it looks like something is going to happen to me that's worse than death... kill me. * Chelsea salutes Byakko's general direction with a raised middle finger. "What a terrible rude guest." Worse then death is a very small list. * Hikaru blinks at Miyu. "Um...what are you talking about?" * Andrew puts his arm around Miyu's shoulder. * Shigeru shrugs. * Eoi reads the Address on the slip of paper aloud. But it's entirely possible, Eoi. .... just a thought. Relax, nothing bad is going to happen. I... want to be with Calvin. And I'm certainly not going to kill y ou. * Shigeru starts typing away. Calvin will just have to wait. Damn straight. I'm not asking for it for any old thing... Just if it's something that will keep me away from Calvin. * Chelsea finishes half the bottle. "I'm gonna go brush my teeth and get into some decent clothes. Back in a sec." * Andrew sits down next to Kaira again. * Eoi reads the address aloud, then sighs. Ok. We go tonight obviously. ... What do we do about Kaira? ... yeah... ... Oh, wait. Shig, could you pull me up a weather report for the day? Wonder how long it's going to take her to wake up. * Shigeru sighs. "It's a small bar. Nothing else on it. Doesn't even have its own site." ... I'll come with you. * Shigeru blinks. ... you're awake? * Kaira sits up slowly, wincing a bit. Oh ho, she wakes! Long enough to hear. .. you're injured. * Shigeru looks over at Kaira. "Morning." Doesn't matter. * Hikaru whirls and faces Kaira. * Chelsea blinks and turns. "Good morning, Kaira. I hope you're feeling well." ... Come with us? Well, considering. * Andrew watches Kaira closely. ( How badly hurt does Kaira look? ) Would you like something to drink? I still don't trust you. But even human children deserve a chance to grow up in a good environment. Trust us? What's not to trust? Yeah, they do. * Kaira shakes her head at Chelsea as she continues. "I'm going, whether it's with you or not." ... so she might as well be with us. * Hikaru sighs, releasing his tension. "I...I'm glad to hear that." * Chelsea nods. "Fair enough. I'll be back in a bit." She's offering help. She's damn powerful. ... do you need healing? * Kimiko yawns. [Eoi turns into a girl!] ... Son of a BITCH! ...not again. Well, welcome back, Kimiko. I'm fine. I hate my life. ;_; * Shigeru snickers, Morning Andrew! *_* ... you need to be in top physical condition. * Chelsea goes to do morning things. * Andrew offers his hand to Kaira. Come on, up with you. Um. Kaira-san...there's something you need to know. About Miyu-san. * Kaira gets up on her own, refusing to look at him. Hey now, there's no need to be rude. You'll make me think I'm ugly. * Hikaru looks at Andrew and rolls his eyes. * Eoi rolls his eyes. * Kaira turns towards Hikaru. "What did she do this ti-... nevermind. I'm not getting involved in Miyu's affairs any longer." This...this isn't really the same Miyu. ... for the past 2 weeks, I've been... posessed. I know. * Eoi blinks. * Hikaru blinks. "You knew?" You whatnow? ... how did you learn? Growing up in human lands... She'll never be the same. * Shigeru laughs. * Eoi resists the urge to fall over. Ha! ...that's not what I meant. ... No. True enough, though. For the last two weeks, the person controlling Miyu's body was not Miyu. ... no. I mean, for the past 2 weeks, there's been another being living in this body and controlling it. ... * Kaira turns towards Miyu. "You mean..." ... she called herself Miyuki, I think. You're finally ready to accept yourself for what you really are and return home?! ... ... Oh. Literally possessed. ... Yes. ((_-; ( Gah. wrong smiley! ) Yes. Literally. She's...gone now. Miyuki sacrificed her life to bring me back. * Hikaru looks at the ground. Such a quick lass. Sharp like a bowling ball. That's vicious, Andrew. Makes me wonder how she managed to kill Calvin. * Kaira seems to be doing her best to ignore Andrew. * Hikaru holds his head. * Eoi sighs. ... Calvin... Well, this is going to be a fun ten hours. ..... I'm not going ot seek vengeance on you, Kaira. ... just letting you know so you don't have to watch your back. ... She needn't watch her back at all. I'll do it for her. ... how far away is that address, Eoi? ... out of all the people here, I thought you would hold the most against her. * Eoi tells you how far away the vauge address is. (::snerks at Andrew::) Beautiful, stupid, and utterly stuck up, don'tcha know that's how I like em? ... ... Please hit him. * Shigeru fights a grin and puts his face in his hands. * Hikaru mutters. "Look who's talking." ... I REALLY miss Calvin. * Kaira finally regards Andrew for the first time, turning to face him with a deep glare. Oh ho, and she deigns to notice me! Ignore him Kaira. He's Calvin's long lost brother. He's quite an idiot. Aw, three whole weeks and I'm already long lost? Obviously. ( By long lost, that means we wished he'd get long lost. ((_^ ) (Hey, he amuses *me*. :P) ( Me too. ((_^ ) ... ne, Shigeru? * Chelsea walks back in, wearing an orange t-shirt and ugly green cargo pants. She's still barefoot. She chuckles, "Andrew, if you ever have occasion to fall for me, I think I should be insulted. So, what sounds good for breakfast? I have stuff in the fridge for pancakes, eggs and bacon if anyone can cook decently." Hm? What do you need her for? You have me! But you know I love you, Eoi. Especially in that body. [Eoi glomps Andrew] ... * Eoi pulls himself away from Andrew. ... can you see memories that people have lost? Things stored in their subconcious? Lost memories? I don't know. I could try. There's no need to be shy... I don't hold a grudge, after all. To forgive is divine, and all that. ... there've been these dreams that have been bothering me. I want to know if they're from a real event. ... ( Fernandez? :P ) ...because of course, women mean more to you than your brother. _ Andrew, you would forgive someone who murdered everyone you know, as long as they had a nice body. (... what does what we just talked about have to do with Fernandez? @_@ ) Maybe I would. Depends on why they did it. * Shigeru frowns slightly. "Well... I dunno, I never really tried. And I don't want to accidentally break you or anything." _ ( Miyu's nightmares, of course :P ) So tell me, Kaira. Why did you kill my brother? ( Ah ) well, as long as you're just looking, and not doing anything... ( Miyu has nightmares about Fernandez? ) * Chelsea goes over and opens her tea back up. She walks in and has a seat on a chair near the sofa. (Of course. Fernandez is scarry! ;.;) He was aggressive. He refused to obey our laws. Really? ... Calvin... * Shigeru nods slowly. "But... are you sure, Miyu? I mean, they're your memories. I can see anything, no matter how private." Calvin's never been a very agressive person. He never had the fire, as mother said. ... ...... I have no secrets. I warned him repeatedly. He refused to listen to me. Well, then he had to have a reason. ...if Calvin-san isn't aggressive, I'd hate to see aggressive. Yes, I agree. She kind of beat the crap out of us and locked us in jail. ... Calvin wanted me. He loves me... Hush. Miyu's other sister let us out, Calvin rushed in, things went badly... I want to hear this from her lips. I'm assuming something happened to make Calvin become agressive. Such as, say, Miyu here. After you refused to undergo our protocols and threatened our port marshal, yes. What protocols? Enough. We put our weapons down, you came in and blasted us. All of you, be quiet. * Chelsea sips some more tea. * Shigeru just looks over at Andrew. * Andrew draws himself up, and instantly gathers a much more commanding presence. * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. I want to hear it from her, not you. ... * Eoi raises an eyebrow. You killed my brother. Explain yourself. * Hikaru watches Andrew with casual distaste. .... we aren't going to get an answer now. I already have. He wouldn't listen to my warnings and he continued into our town. We haven't survived all these years without being cautious. ( Gah. Disregard the past line ) Why didn't he listen? I don't know. Because he wanted to see Miyu. Calvin was quite single-minded. I said to be quiet, Eoi. ... it was love. But I did the only thing I could. And I still don't believe my decision was wrong. I want this from her. If you want to hate me for that, go ahead. Speculate for me, Kaira. Why did Calvin ignore you? I don't know. You have to have some theory. It's not in my place to worry about why he was invading our island, only that he threatened our very way of life by not halting when I told him to. * Eoi pointedly ignores the conversation between Andrew and Kaira. As it is, you already know too much. So, anyone have any ideas on what we might be up against? ... no. * Shigeru shakes his head. He, on the other hand, isn't ignoring the conversation. Not a clue... Wait a sec, against what? * Hikaru turns to Eoi. "Good question. I hope it's...not someone who wants to eat kids again." He threatened your entire way of life? How so? We are going to rescue 100 kids from some unknown person or persons. Any idea what might want to capture/eat kids Kimiko? Haven't I made it clear? My race has only survived because of our low profile. Vampire maybe.. There's something really familiar about this, but I can't place it... All nonhumans survive in that way. Some kind of supernatural black market slavery ring? And the first step to keeping a low profile is to not let anyone know about you. Even someone who obviously already knew that you existed? .. didn't you guys say something about that horse head guy wanting to eat kids? ... If I were stronger, you'd all be dead. ... why were you on that ship? Yes, but I remember us just kicking horse-guy's ass. That's what he wanted, yeah. But he's dead. If you were stronger, you wouldn't have been on that ship, tied up and beaten, while these people saved you and your entire race from extinction. You're not strong enough. Nobody is. Maybe not for humans. But I don't have a choice. * Shigeru looks over at Miyu and thinks to her, ~They were going to send the... S-types there. I think Kaira was trying to stop them.~ ( Not even Kirby? ) ( Hell no. Kasumi could SO whip Kirby :P ) There is _always_ a chance. ( How about Kasumi then? ) Always a choice. ... the S-Types... ( Only twinks :P ) ( What about Red Mage at level 99 with all the best equipment? ) People like me, who already know of your existence. People like the Mystery Club. ( Nope ) * Shigeru shrugs and goes back to watching Andrew and Kaira. * Chelsea looks from one person to the next, smirking slightly. If our existance hadn't been noticed, we wouldn't need you. * Eoi tries to think of what might be capturing kids. This is entirely my fault. ... Do you think the kids are still alive? ( ... ) They...they have to be. (Kaira said that! ^^) You can't go unnoticed. All living things make ripples, and _someone_ will notice those ripples. ... I don't know. I.. really hope so. ( Yup :P ) ( Doh X.x ) What could the kids be needed for? Sacrifices? Food? It's worked for a long, long time. Or maybe captured out of spite. And now it's failed. You've failed. Both are pretty likly. I'm already aware of that. And because you chose to alienate those who would have helped you, your entire race was nearly destroyed. But.. what could it be? A Vampire? And yet you hold that you did the right thing? ... why children? Why not adults? You'd never have helped. This is likely your fault as much as mine. Children.. have more energy. That might have something to do with it. They want the innocence? Or maybe just pure sadism? It might be innocence. ... It might have something to do with them still being young enough to be trained. I am a Hunter. I exist as much to protect the Supernaturals as I do the humans. Whatever it is, I've got a bad feeling about this.. ... * Hikaru nods. * Shigeru stands up and walks over to Andrew and Kaira. He watches one, then the other. I don't need to listen to philosophical babble. What you need is to admit that you were wrong. * Kaira heads for the door, grimacing slightly. "I'm going to help those children. You do as you like." Kaira, wait. We can't go until dark. We can't do anything until sundown. * Chelsea shakes her head sadly. Then I'll find something to do until then. .. Fine. * Shigeru shakes his head. .... what are you going to do? It doesn't matter. ( She's going to the arcade, of course. :P ) She'll probably wander around justifying her actions to herself some more. * Kaira opens the door and steps out. "Exactly." *** Kaira is now known as Kirby2 ... ...she'd better not go in like an idiot and get those children killed. ... * Andrew relaxes back into his normal slouch. She can't until sundown, anyway. Well. This has been fun and all, but I say we have some breakfast and lunch, and get ready for our NEXT little adventure. Well then, how long till we're due at this club? Well, so much for our secret weapon. ( What time is it now? ) and I say we get there before Sundown, just to make sure she doesn't do exactly that. * Shigeru sighs and runs his hand through his hair. "She'll be there, Kimiko." * Eoi checks his watch. [Time: 12:00 PM] .... I'm going to follow her. * Miyu goes outside, and tries to find Kaira Well, it's 12. Perfect time to hit the IHoP. Shall we? How about we get lunch. After that, It'll be about four hours. [Miyu finds Kaira leaning against the railing on the stairs and trying to catch her breath.] * Chelsea sips some more tea. ... Kaira. Let's! (Wait, scratch that.) *** Kirby2 is now known as Kaira * Hikaru thinks. "I wonder if she's off playing video games, seeing as she seems to like them so much?" I don't think so. A group of people acting together has greater efficiency than a person working alone. If nothing else, that should be a reason to come with us. Come on, then. Let's go get some pancakes! * Andrew strolls to the door. ... And the sword at your throat isn't so dangerous as the knife in your back. * Miyu is talking. Maybe the rest of you can hear. * Kaira continues down the stairs. Woot. That boy is going to get us all killed. Kimiko used to be our enemy. Between him and Kaira... Oy. * Shigeru walks over to his computer and turns it off. "It hasn't been long since she's murdered Calvin." He stuffs it into his case. ... ( Boy? He's older than you are, Eoi. ) ( Bah. ) * Chelsea chuckles. "What is it with you and pancakes?" ( Like Eoi gives a damn. ((_^ ) But she's working with us now. Yep. Pancakes are good. Especially with syrup. We even let her live in Eoi's body until she can find a cure for her condition. * Kaira ignores Miyu until she gets to the door at the bottom of the stairs and steps out. * Shigeru zips up the case and puts it over his shoulder. "C'mon, let's go." He opens the door and steps out, heading down the stairs. *** Kaira is now known as Kirby * Miyu walks after Kaira. And if you're good, Eoi, we'll even let you have some chocolate chip pancakes. Sure thing Shiggy. * Eoi follows after Shig, and shoots Andrew a glare. * Hikaru gets up. * Andrew offers his arm to Kimiko. [Miyu fails to spot her by the time she gets down there.] Wai! Chocolate chip pancakes! * Andrew hops along down the stairs. * Eoi twitches [Eoi grabs Andrew's arm] * Eoi moves far away from Andrew. * Eoi pulls himself off Andrew. Aw, no need to be so indecisive... *** DemoTurkey has joined #BESM * Chelsea stands, wolks to the door, slips on some shoes sitting there, makes sure she has all her goodies in place, and locks the door after everyone else is out. [Time: 12:15. The group gets there. Woot!] ( Can I assume I got my motorcycle back at some point? ) ( Yeah :P ) *** DemoTurkey is now known as Demota ( Thank you. ) [Time: 12:25] Well, here we are. Just a warning Andrew, we might get attacked by evil pancakes or something. ('Kay, did I miss much? :P) *** Ada is now known as Shigeru Whenever we all go out together, we tend to get into trouble. [The MC just spent a good 10 minutes staring at the IHoP's door.] Evil pancakes? Now _that_ would be a sight to see. * Eoi walks into the IHoP. * Brett lags out? ( Meep. ) ( You're here, Brett. ) ( Gah. Lag. X.x ) *** ReKirby has quit IRC (Quit: ) ( That should help. ) (... Tell me somebody else is logging this? I'm going to need it.) (I'm always logging, so yeah.) * Miyu steps in with the rest of the group ( ame here ) * Shigeru heads into the IHoP. ( I can extract the logs from Dicesuke, if necessary. They'll be timestamped, though. ) * Hikaru enters and looks around. * Chelsea walks in and looks around for a decent-looking table. *** Kirby is now known as Yuki * Andrew walks in. ( Yuki.. Yuki.. ) Hi! Welcome to the Interna-Andrew! ( Andrew's old girlfriend ) Hallo, luv. Long time no see, eh? ( Oh god. ) ( Her. ) * Yuki runs up and tacklehugs Andrew. ... Calvin... * Shigeru blinks. ... ...Wah? You know her, Andrew? ... * Hikaru blinks. * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. * Eoi resists the urge to bang his head against a wall. AndrewwherehaveyoubeenItriedcallingbutyouwereneverhomeangImissedyou! Sorry 'bout the long absence, the house burned down. Wait a minute, who is she? It's Andrew's girlfriend. Me and Miyuki met her a while back. ... Shigeru. How long would it take you to look inside? * Shigeru bites his lip, unsuccessfully trying to hide a grin. * Shigeru glances at Miyu and thinks to her, ~Inside what?~ [Eoi glares at Andrew] * Hikaru eyes Andrew with disgust. You never told me you had a girlfriend! ~ My memories ~ Eh? What? * Andrew sorta rubs the back of his head with one hand. ... Wow. This guy is more of a doof then I thought. * Shigeru shrugs. ~I don't know. I don't want to do it unless we have plenty of time.~ Yes! We've been together for quite some time now! * Chelsea fails to contain her laughter. ~Alright...~ Something like that, I s'pose... ^_^;;; ...this is gonna be ugly. I've been worried because I hadn't seen you, Andrew. What happened to your face? ... ne... Eoi. How much did Miyuki do, anyway? Quite a bit. Like I said, the house burned down. I almost burned to death. I'm lucky I got away with this little bit of scarring on my right side. My face, neck, right arm and hand, and the right side of my torso. Whew. That's a relief. it's nothing at all, really. .... you'll have to tell me about what she did sometime. * Yuki nods. Sure thing. * Shigeru blinks at Andrew, then shakes his head. ... Did she buy anything? Say, is my usual spot open? [Eoi turns around in a huff and heads for the door.] I have no idea. Get tattoos in places where I can't easily see? ... Kimiko, can I at least have lunch first? I REALLY wouldn't know Miyu. Of course it is. It's reserved for you ^_^ No. You. Can't. * Chelsea sidles over to Shig and ruffles his hair. ~I'm not the only one who finds this amusing, am I?~ [Eoi is gone!] ( Well damn. ) Oh dear. ( ((_^; ) * Shigeru grins and thinks back, ~Nope.~ Poor Eoi, no chocolate chip pancakes for him. * Andrew hops over to his usual spot. * Chelsea grins. ~Good. I'd hate to think I was being cruel.~ Have a seat, all. Wonderful pancakes, IHoP has. In a second, Andrew. I'm going to get Eoi. This is ridiculous. * Shigeru walks out the door, looking for Eoi/Kimiko. [Shigeru finds Eoi struggling with herself in the parking lot. ] * Eoi slowly drags himself back into the IHoP * Hikaru snickers to himself. I'll take your word for it, Andrew. Kimiko, he hits on everything that moves. You should have known better then to believe his sly-talk. Would you like me to order for you? *** Greg has joined #besm * Shigeru walks up to Eoi/Kimiko and waves. ( Hey! Not _everything_ ) * Chelsea looks out after Shig, frowns, and walks over to have a seat with the others. I can't believe it. I thought he... he... Wahhhhh! ;_; It's ok Kimiko. I'm sure you'll find someone who isn't a total sleezebag someday. (Poor poor Kimiko-chan! ;_;) * Eoi drags himself over to sit with the others. ( Hey, Andrew is _not_ a sleazebag. ) ( He just acts like one. :P ) ( Eoi sure thinks he is. ) * Shigeru rolls his eyes and walks in, sliding into a seat next to Chelsea. So, what would you like for lunch? * Hikaru takes a seat. (Sure. He's a pimp daddy. ;P) Eoi and Kimiko having another spat, Shig? Chocolate-Chip Pancakes. Beats me. Last time I had (*kicks the Typo Demon*) Gimme my usual, luv. Two megastacks of the assortment, a bottomless cup of coffee, and a double stack of chocolate chip pancakes. ... pancakes was *ticks off fingers* a while ago. * Chelsea hums. "Do you serve..." she raises an eyebrow, "waffles?" (Waffles!) * Andrew eyes Chelsea. * Eoi stares at Andrew. "Do you have a black hole in your stomach or something?" Nope. But we have a waffle-shaped pancake. * Chelsea (is living dangerously!) ( You go girl! ) No, but my digestive system is very efficient. My heart might have stopped, but his is totally black. Aw, don't be like that. * Shigeru laughs. "Waffle-shaped pancakes? I have to get that." [Eoi kicks Andrew under the table] I'll take some blueberry pancakes, and some sausage and bacon to go with it. Not totally. It's just he thinks with his pants, not his brain. * Andrew appears not to notice. Hey now, I do no such thing. Ok, so you don't think at all? Quite right. * Andrew nods at Eoi. ( *snerk* ) ( Anyone know where Miyu went? :P ) * Chelsea chuckles. ( Good question. ) (Maybe she's sleeping again. :P) I'll have you know I've never hit on a girl I didn't love. ...Hit on? * Hikaru snorts loudly. Wait, what do you mean? ... So you love everything with breasts? Oh no, not at all. * Chelsea smirks, and licks her lips because biting them would be too obvious. Fine, everything attractive with breasts then. Also not true. [Eoi looks at Yuki.] After all, look at that lass Kaira. Your boyfriend's a total jerk. I seem to remember you hitting on her. Everything attractive with breasts that you see? And that isn't activily trying to kill him. Andrew, what are they talking about? I thought *I* was your one true love! I was only trying to get a reaction, Eoi. Or were you a little to dense to see that? Eh? What? One true love? If you did get a reaction from her on that Andrew, it would not have been good for you. Or Chelsea's apartment. * Andrew blinks. * Andrew looks up at Yuki and blinks. * Eoi moves as far away from Andrew and Yuki as he can without getting out of the booth. * Hikaru smiles slightly and mutters. "...too bad Vicki-san can't see this." Here now, I told you I love you, don't you trust me? I've never lied about loving a woman, you know. ... I'll have you know your "boyfriend" was trying to pick up several girls since we've met. And here I thought he'd choose me." ... _. * Shigeru looks helplessly at Andrew and waits to see how this plays out. * Chelsea nudges Shigeru with her elbow. ~Quick, rid me of my sense of humor before I burst out laughing again.~ So you love.. Vicki, Me/Kimiko, Chelsea.. just to name a few? But.... But.... Absolutely. I love a lot of people. Come with the job, eh? * Shigeru glances at Chelsea and snerks. ~Watch it, or I might actually do that.~ ( Comes, even. ) ... Hard to hate the ones you're supposed to protect. * Yuki runs away crying. "Andrew Fort, I hate you!" Oh dear. [Eoi does too.] * Andrew gets up and chases after her. I hate you too! * Yuki runs into the kitchen :P Kimiko! Hey! I didn't get my pancakes! Please calm down! ( /me is cracking up. ) No offense, Andrew, bu- well. * Andrew runs right through the kitchen after her. (I am, too. ^_^) * Hikaru grins. "He had that coming." * Eoi drags himself back to the table. * Miyu is just sitting there, not really paying attention.... Must.. have.. pancakes... [There's a big commotion behind the kitchen doors.] ............. * Miyu stands up. Miyu? What's wrong? [Andrew emerges a second later, pushed out by a guy that looks like Pop- Eye, but with more muscles. ... what's going back there in the kitchen? * Shigeru looks over at Miyu. "Not you, too?" ] ( You mean Bluto? ) ... me, what? "Customers are not allowed back there, sir." Hey now, I just want to talk to her. Oh, you're not running off. ( Nope. Pop-Eye. ) Andrew just chased his girlfriend into the kitchen, is all. Oh I need to unbreak her heart, or you'll be down a waitress. * Chelsea is barely managing to keep her laughter in. She's beginning to turn red from the effort. You know, this is amusing. It's nice to have a bit of amusement before we go and risk our lives again. "Sir, Yuki has worked here for several years. She's like a daughter to me." * Shigeru snickers. "Yeah, it is." Anyway, let's get our pancakes and get ready for another adventure. Glee. Yes, well, surely you can understand that I need to calm the poor girl down. She's very dear to my heart, and I hate to have her think I hate her. "She'll be able to cope on her own." * Hikaru starts mouthing 'throw him out' ( /me shoots Hikaru in the foot. ) * Eoi shakes his head in amusement. It's not funny, Eoi. ( Why do you think I suggested we come here? ) I'm sorry Kimiko. This guy just cracks me up. He's a total doof. * Chelsea finally wins over her laughter, and takes a few long, deep breaths. * Shigeru drums his fingers on the table. Why did I EVER fall for him? Argh! Bloody hell. Because he sweet talked you. He's got that snake-oily charm to him. * Andrew stalks back to the table. * Shigeru watches Andrew stalk. "Didn't go well?" Poor girl. She must think I hate her. Probably better off that way. No, I'm quite sure she thinks you like her. She also is aware of your playboy habits, and that is why she ran off. [The Pop-Eye-ish guy returns to the kitchen. A few minutes later, he returns with your meals, not saying a word, and leaves once he puts them down.] Probably does. Half-truths are as good as lies, you know. Wai. Pancakes. * Eoi digs in. And poor Kimiko across the table here must think I'm a perfectly horrible person. * Hikaru eats. I think I'm not hungry anymore. What a waste of good food. You're not perfect at anything. * Andrew stands, drops enough money to pay for his uneaten food, and walks outside. ( What time is it now? ) * Miyu munches food. [1:00 ish ] * Shigeru looks down at his waffle-shaped pancakes and starts poking at it. He looks up to see Andrew leave and sighs. ( Good grief @_@ ) Oh dear. I think he's really upset. ( We're not going to get to what I have planned at this rate ;_; ) ( Nope. ) ( Just sliptime forward then. ((_^ ) ( We don't need to, either. Then you don't have to think about next week's session. Please don't sliptime this. ) ( Anyone want me to, or more RP? ) ( I like RP. ) ( Ok ) ... Well, someone better talk to him. * Shigeru shrugs. "I'm not all that hungry, anyway. Back in a bit." * Shigeru stands up and walks out after Andrew. Ok Shiggy. S'ya. * Chelsea manages to force food down without choking on it. ... say. What Mystery Club MIssions did Miyuki go on, anyway, Eoi? Quite a few. I'll tell you about them some other time. (I'm looking for Andrew, Brett. ^_^) *** Brett sets mode: +v Shigeru ( You probably find him :P ) What did she buy with the cash she earned, anyway? Well, I guess we don't need him messed up when we go there tonight. Otherwise I'd say not to bother following him. _ * Andrew is sitting outside, against the wall of the restaraunt, head in his arms. ( Andrew, Shig, into.... um... #Ook ) ( Can I watch? ;_; ) ( no. ) ( No ) * Eoi eats his food and sighs. * Chelsea ponders whether to go help. * Chelsea decides to have more bacon first. [Chelsea's waffle-shaped pancake is delicious] * Miyu munches her food ) Nummy. n.n * Miyu munches a pink strawberry pancake shaped like KIrby, with blueberry eyes [A familliar person enters the restaurant.] *** Yuki is now known as RobedGuy ... hey. It's the robed guy... * RobedGuy makes his way to the table when he notices the lot of you. "Well, hi!" * Chelsea leaves some of her food and stands. "Well, I'd better go see how things are going out--. Oh, hello, Who is Robed." .... say. Mind telling us your name? Umm... That depends.... ... why? Hello Xelloss. * RobedGuy faces Chelsea. "Are you still up for that date?" * Chelsea shrugs. "I dunno if I'd call it a date yet, but I'll go see a movie with you, sure." She smiles. It's a start ((_^ ... * Eoi feels a horrible urge to hurt the RobedGuy ... why are you so secretive about your name, anyway? Well, shall we? ... It's a silly name. * Chelsea chuckles. "Alright." She pulls out a pad and scribbles something on it. "My phone number. If I don't answer assume that I and the others are out saving the world again. 'Ta!" Probably because it really IS Xelloss. No sillier than Smorfy. Oh. Not right now? ((_; ... We've got to go save those missing children tonight * Eoi feels the urge again. * Hikaru resists the urge to jump up and pull the guys hood off. Well, yeah, but we'll be done before then. Well, not this very second. I have to go make sure my friend doesn't get diced. And I'll be occupied tonight. Call me tomorrow tho, mmkay? * RobedGuy sighs. "Very well." Well... Well, it was nice seeing you again, at least. If you hang on just a bit longer, we could go. I don't think the Andrew situation will take too long. ... But I only want to go with Chelsea. Miyu, the man is trying to ask Chel on a date. That usually isn't a group affair. Oh. I thought he just wanted to get the group discount. ... anyway... Chelsea, go ahead. * Chelsea pats RobedGuy's shoulder. "Aww, there there." She straightens up and raises a finger matter-of-factly. "And I'm serious about calling me tomorrow. Later." Miyu, we really don't have time. Alright... Okay. See you tomorrow then. * Chelsea walks out the door and looks for Shig and Andrew. * RobedGuy walks out the door, hooded head staring at the ground. ( We're right out side, Chel. ) *** RobedGuy is now known as Kirby I hope he's more sincere than Andrew. ... I hope she has in life with him, what I'll have to wait until I die to have with Calvin... ... I DID offer to make him a vampire, you know. ...it's just a first date, Miyu-san. ^_^;; ... you did? ... everything starts out with one thing. *** Darkheart has quit IRC (Quit: "AND BRING LUBE." ) *** Greg has quit IRC (Local kill by Calculus (No.) ) *** Greg has joined #besm * Chelsea blinks. "Boy, I must've missed a good one." (Wrong channel, Chel. :P) Yeah, I did. And everyone got mad at me for it. Every time I try to help, you guys just get mad at me ;_; ... I understand. I don't want Calvin to be a vampire, but I'm not mad at you for wanting to help... So what if he's a vampire? I'M a vampire. It's not that much different from being alive, except for the whole blood drinking and sunlight thing. But...Kimiko-san, you don't want to be a vampire, right? ... No... Not really. And look what happened to your family because of it... (That should've been in (), actually. I was taling about the kill line.) * Shigeru walks back into the restaraunt and sits at his plate of (cold) waffle- shaped pancakes. Hey! * Hikaru sighs. "Sorry for bringing that up." * Miyu munches more on her Kirbycake [Eoi stands] ( Whee. KIrby pancake ) Hi. Andrew said he'll be ready for tonight. We need to go check on my brother! * Chelsea walks in, and smirks as she wonders how to get around Shig. * Shigeru blinks. He could... he could be... Come on, let's go! Gah, that's right. [Eoi heads for the door.] Ok, we'll go. That's a good idea. * Shigeru gets up and runs after Kimiko. * Miyu leaves money then goes after Kimiko * Hikaru blinks. "That's right." * Shigeru runs back and drops money on the table, then goes back to following her. :P * Chelsea tosses a wad of money at the table and sprints out after the others. * Hikaru pays for his food and follows the group. ( No pancakes for Shig ;_; ) (And the waitress gets a mighty tip to-day.) * Eoi hops on his motorcycle and speeds towards the hospital where they took Kimiko's brother. (Eh, he wasn't that hungry anyway. ^^) * Miyu goes along to hospital [Time: 1:30. MC gets there] [Eoi rushes into the hospital. Woot] * Miyu is there. WHee. [Brett:#besm PING] ( Ok, you all SEEM to be here... ) * Chelsea seems to be there. (We are, we are. I was waiting for you to add anything else to description. ^^;) ( We're waiting for Kimiko to do something. ) ( we're all waiting for someone else to make the first move. :P ) Kimiko, you should probably ask at the front desk. * Miyu goes to Kimiko's brother's place thingy [It's a hospital. It's not especially large, but it is decently sized.] *** Greg has quit IRC (Quit: SWScript v3.0 has arrived. The Force is strong with this one... http://www.outer-rim.net/swscript/ ) [There's a nurse at the front desk. ] *** Kirby is now known as Nurse Yes? ( Helooooooooooooooooooooooo, Nurse! ) Hi! I'm looking for a patient. ( Hiiiii! ) Name? Uhhh.... * Shigeru thinks to Kimiko, ~Tatsuya Kashiwagi~ * Chelsea sniffs the air and makes a face. "Uhg. I hate hospital-smell." T-Tatsuya Kashiwagi. ~Whew. Thanks.~ * Eoi lets Kimiko do the talking. ( She didn't know her brother's name? @_@ ) ~No problem. You're worried and all.~ * Shigeru glances around. ... I hope he's alright.... * Nurse checks into the records on the computer. * Nurse shrugs. "He's not here." * Shigeru blinks. ... .... what? * Chelsea blinks. * Hikaru blinks. [Eoi blinks] Eh? Are there any records of previous visits? Oh, yes. He checked out last Thursday. * Shigeru breathes a sigh of relief. * Chelsea nods. "Well. That's good." * Miyu blinks. Where is he? * Hikaru smiles. "Great." * Kimiko sighs in relief. Beats me. * Shigeru thinks to Eoi/Kimiko, ~Ask your grandfather, Eoi. He'd probably know.~ That's right, your grandfather is staying here too, huh? Err.... Sorry... Talking to myself ^^;; * Chelsea (watches Eoi get sent to the Psych ward.) ...Riiiight. Would you like to know what room he's in? [Eoi nods.] * Eoi nods. ( woot! ) ( Damn, I can't talk without looking even more insane! ) Name? Uhhhhh.... [Eoi scratches herself behind her head and laughs uncomfortably] ~Little help here?~ ( You grampa's name, Eoi. :P ) * Nurse gives Eoi a bemused look. "Are you feeling alright, ma'am?" ( Oy, Sorry. ) ( The two families, united at last! ) ( .... wha? 0 Yes, I'm fine! Fine! Everything's okay! Hahhahaha..... ( ... I can't remember, and it's stupidly not on my Charsheet ) ( THis is one of those occasions where you ask the GM. The character would know, but you don't. ) ( Hell if I remembered :P ) ~Tedashi~ ( Does the GM even k...exactly. ) Uhh... Tedashi! That's his name. ( Just say * Eoi tells the nurse his grampa's name ) Alright. And his last name? Uhhhhhh.... ( I hope Eoi knows that one. :P ) ( Yeah. Say that, Eoi. See what happens when you start speaking in a different voice :P ) ~Tabushi~ Ma'am? Maybe you should sit down a bit... Maybe have a doctor look at you. Tabushi! Tedashi Tabushi... Boy, what a silly name. * Nurse slowly turns back to the computer and punches a few keys. "Room 207." ~Hey!~ Try not to collapse on your way down. ~Don't insult my Grandfather! He was trying to help you, remember?~ Ok, I'll be careful! Bye! Hahahaha! [Eoi quickly moves towards the elevator, out of the nurse's line of sight.] * Shigeru smiles sheepishly at the nurse and follows. * Hikaru shakes his head and follows Eoi. Well geez, you could've spoken up sooner @_@ * Miyu follows ~Sorry!~ * Chelsea follows, whistling. [MC gets on an elevator! Zombies fail to emerge from within.] [MC gets off on floor 2.] * Shigeru adjusts his laptop. * Miyu goes. Yay. I hate this. If I talk, people will think I'm insane * Chelsea walk walk walks. * Miyu heads to the room. Yay. [And lo, they got there.] *** Nurse is now known as Tedashi (And there was much rejoicing. "yaaaay.") Hi Grandpa! Ah, Eoi. How have things been? Hi. Quite bad. Turns out Miyu was possesed, Calvin died. Lotsa bad stuff. I see. ... Calvin... Setting that aside, where's my brother? Hm? I hadn't heard anything about him. He was on the fourth floor, so I didn't see him much. He's apparently been released... Oh. Well, at least he's alive... ... do you know where he lives? Or where he might go? So they found a donor? That's good. Who could it be? Anybody with O- blood type. I'm not going to start looking up where each of them lives so we can thank them. I don't know. In answer to your question, though, he lives in Kobe. I don't know anything beyond that, though. Hmm. Isn't O- incredibly rare? Yeah, but that doesn't mean it still wouldn't be a pain. ( I've got a bad feeling about this... ) * Tedashi nods. "That's why I said he was probably going to die." O- is difficult to find, and Japan's had a shortage for quite some time now. ... I don't have a good feeling about this. ( OUtta curiosity. Did SNK come back to life in this version of the MC world? ) He's alive. That's all that matters. ... Eoi? * Eoi frowns. ... why do you think something might be wrong? ( Come back to life? They probably don't have any competition in this universe. :P ) ( Heh ) I don't know why.. something just feels wrong. * Chelsea hums. ... Shigeru, think you could find where he lives? ( There's Nintendo... ) ( They have the Kirby franchise. ) ( /me eyes KoF2020, in which the characters are still strangely the same age. ) ( I wonder what happens in KoF when all the years of aging they skipped suddenly catches up to them ) Easily enough, yeah. ( Actually, some of them aged between 95 and 96, and more from 2000 to 2001. ) ( Not all of them, though :P ) ... Folks, I wouldn't mind visiting him, but we do have something to do today. * Shigeru nods. True enough. * Kimiko sighs. "I guess." ... yeah... Maybe we could at least give him a call? Don't worry Kimiko, as soon as we finish this we'll go visit him. Okay! ^_^ * Shigeru looks at his watch. [Time: 2:00 pm] ... what do you think Kaira is doing onw? * Shigeru shrugs. "Who knows. It'll be dark in a few hours, though." * Chelsea shrugs. ... I guess we better head there. Yeah.. * Hikaru nods. ( It's spring. You still got a good 4 or 5 hours left. ) G'bye Grandpa! I'll come and visit after we see Kimiko's brother. ( Oh ) Take care. ( Though if you wanna end the session... ) Hmm.. ( ...no. ) * Chelsea waves. "Later." (Absolutely not. :P) ( Ok. ) [MC goes outside the hospital. Woot.] *** Tedashi is now known as Kirbyishthing ( No way. ) ... alright. What do we do now? Ok folks, shall we be off then? Alright. So, where to now, folks? I say we each get prepared in our own way.. .. yeah. Then we meet there in.. oh, say 3 hours? Sounds good. Hai * Chelsea nods. "Sure." ( Good grief. You tell me you wanna keep playing, then you all split up @_@ ) Groovy. ( We do! We're getting ready, then meeting there! ) ( You're not gonna finish it tonight. ) ( Yep ) ( Well, we could at least do the introduction to the place or something ) ( Then I'll have less for next week :P ) ( Heh. ) (Er, we're not gonna just fast-forward to the point where we meet again? :P) (So, how *do* you want to do this, then? ^^;) ( I dunno. You guys wanna go around the table, as it were? ) ( Or should I just cut to the chase? ) ( I have no strong opinion in either direction ) ( ... ) ( I'd like to skip it. ) ( I wouldn't mind fast forwarding ) (Eh. Cut to the chase. ^_^) ( K. Skip it is. ) (I'd skip it, yeah.) (Chelsea stops and gets her sword. That're really just about it, for her.) ( In broad daylight? ) [MC splits up, then meets at the bar at approximately 5:00 pm. Kaira's there already. Andrew mat or may not be there yet depending on what he decides :P .] *** Kirbyishthing is now known as Kaira * Shigeru glances at the group, blinks at Kaira, then shrugs and pushes his glasses up his nose. Alright... it should be getting dark... Hi there Kaira. * Eoi looks at the bar curiously [Contrary to Miyu's words, the sun hasn't even gone down yet] ( Oh. Never mind that, then ) * Andrew is not present. ( At least, that anyone can see. ) [The bar is a small brick corner-place, aptly named "Jou's Bar".] .......... great. Where's Andrew? * Chelsea is there. * Kaira regards the MC only briefly. ... Jou's Bar. Sounds interesting. ... where is Andrew? We need any help we can get... * Kimiko grumbles. "We don't need HIM." He said he'll be here in time. We need anyone. Considering it's not even dusk yet, I'm not all that surprised. * Chelsea looks around. (What other buildings are around here?) * Hikaru eyes the building silently. (What is drinking age in Japan, anyway?) I don't like him much either Kimiko, and he'll probably get us killed when he rushes out to confront our enemy. Well, we ought to wait for nightfall, which, you'll notice, hasn't happened yet. Maybe Fort-Boy will show by then. ( StereoShack, MacDougle's, Little Shop of Kirby's ) ( The usual non-descript stuff. ) * Miyu waaaaaits.... (Is there a window at the MacDougle's that we can watch the bar from?) ( The area in general is low-class, but not to the point of being slummy. ) ( And yes. ) (::nod::) Maybe we can wait in that burger barn over there. We can at least get something to drink while we're waiting. Yeah. They're probably used to students sitting at one table for hours, anyway. ( And drinking age is Officially(tm) 18. Or if not, it will be in the future. ) * Chelsea chuckles. (Heh. ^_^) (Heh.) ( Heh. ) Well, it can't hurt. ( Heh ) ... I'll stay with Kaira. I can't leave anyone completely alone...... I can take care of myself. ... you won't get lonely? No. ( ... ) No. * Shigeru stretches. "However, Kaira. But if any of us wanted to kill you, we'dve done it already." He walks over to the MacDougle's. .... alright... * Miyu goes with the group... * Chelsea goes into the burger barn. .... you could always come with us. * Hikaru goes to the restaurant. * Eoi follows after Shiggy * Kaira sighs and follows the group. "Fine. But one insult and..." ... alright. [The restaurant is not extravagant, but not trashy, either. It's one of those "it'll do" places.] * Miyu waits for whatever needs to be done at the restaurant ( Who's got weapons on them? ^^ ) ( MIyu has no need for weapons ) ( Mine is saftly hidden in the magikal relm of Kensaispace. ) (... I'd hurt myself with one of those things. >.>;) * Chelsea orders a Dr. Pepper, or whatever the knock-off version in this world is.) * Eoi orders a root beer, because every world has root beer. (I do. Cleverly hidden in my really baggy pants. Or something.) ( Dr. Pepsi. They merged. ) (NOOOOOOOOOOOO! ;_;) ( NOOOOOOOOO! ) [And yes, there are two very bored looking teens at the registers who speak in mono-tone.] ( Sweet! ) * Shigeru orders a value meal thingie with whatever version of Mountain Dew exists here. (The world is DOOMED! DOOMED, I tell you! ;_;) ( Could be worse. ) (Don't SAY that!) ( It could be Dr. Pibb. ) * Miyu orders whatever. (...good point, Atom.) ( Flower Dew. Woot. ) ( Don't speak of such things. ) (Eew. Eh, guess it'll do. :P) [The clerks unenthusiastically take your orders and hand you the meals.] (::goes idle a split-second::) * Shigeru sits down at the predesignated window, flips open his laptop, and starts typing with one hand while eating with the other. He gives the impression of doing that kind of thing a *lot*. * Chelsea sniffles. "This reminds me of home." (Idle) * Hikaru orders something or other. * Miyu waits for Kaira to order. * Kaira orders a Pepperoni-cheeseburger, and an Imperial Crown Cola. * Miyu sits down at whatever. * Kaira grabs a chair from a table and sits so that she's across from the window. * Chelsea sits in a spot where she can watch the bar. (Anyone going in/coming out?) * Miyu does similarly. * Eoi does that too. * Hikaru does likewise. ( A few people come in and out every so often. There's a sign that says "Happy Hour: 7:00pm weeknights" ) ( No big slew of customers right now, though ) * Miyu is eating. Yay. Happy Hour. That bodes poorly. yeah... * Kaira bites into her burger. ... I hate fighting... but there's no choice. We have to protect people... * Chelsea watches Shigeru. "Are you looking for anything in particular, Shig?" * Shigeru sips his soda mechanically as he keeps typing away. Everything in particular. ( Miyu is Fei! ) * Chelsea chuckles. ( I hate fighting. I hate Gears. I hate myself. I hate you. Blah blah blah. Now, I have sex and feel better about myself. ) ( ... ) ( Oh no! Elly died! But she's back, except her name changed... ) ( .... MIyu isn't getting a Gear. ) ( Damn straigh she ain't. ) ( No more than she's going to go super smorfyjin. ) ( No, Fei is the one with the new name ) ( Elly always has the same. ((_^ ) (Oh, right. Need to get some more work donw on that one. ^_^) * Shigeru pushes his glasses up his nose and brings his other hand to help type. ( Oh. That makes Calvin the same, then. ) * Eoi sips his root beer and waits. I'm guessing we go in at seven. ... where is Andrew... He'll be here, or he won't. * Chelsea waitwaitwaits. * Shigeru sighs. "Damn. Tight security." He clicks a button. Mmm? Quentin's got good people working for him, that's for sure. What are you looking at, ShigerU? ... ah * Chelsea nods. "I see." .... what happened on that boat anyway, Kaira? After I left you, I went into the forest. They caught my attention with a flare, then attacked me when I went to investigate. Any idea why they went after you? Isn't it obvious? I'm the only defense our people have. I meant why they were going after you guys... We're defenseless. Aside from me, that is. What would they have to gain by attacking the island? Had they made it to Smorfilia, they could've done as they pleased. I don't know. And I don't care. They were threats. ... we're going to have to try figuring out what it is they want... Did they try to get information from you? * Shigeru scowls at his screen as his fingers fly over the keyboard. "Not many people know about the island. It's an isolated testing spot. With more powerful than normal subjects." * Chelsea nods. * Kaira nods. "It's not like we could run to anywhere for help. It'd be like the Americans and the Hawaiians." .... testing spot? For weapons. Like their S-types. God damnit, I'm having awful luck today. * Hikaru just continues looking out the window. ... I see. Yeah. Like the S-types. * Shigeru pauses for a moment, then shakes his head and goes back to typing. Why is everyone on that island, anyway? *** Chelsea has quit IRC (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) ( Meep! ) (Yah. ^^;) *** Chelsea has joined #besm (YU SMASH. GRAAAAAH!) (*hides*) (/me smashes stoopid AOL.) ( Woot! Smashed AOL! ) * Shigeru blinks at the computer a few times. "Huh. Figures." Hmm? Whassup Shiggy? What's up, Shig? Just... my parents. Looks like I was right. ... eh? * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. "Ah ha?" What? Hmm? * Shigeru stops typing to crack his knuckles. "This is gonna be hell." He starts typing away, staring intensely at the screen. What do you suspect about your parents? Well, I never did know exactly what they did for a living. Oh. It took me going around their back to find out that they work for the government. Looks like they're scientists for some sort of Project S. And it's almost complete, apparently. ... I see. * Shigeru sighs. "They also have the best security I've ever seen." ... * Chelsea bites her lips, then licks them. "Project S, huh?" Yeah. ... Project S huh.. ... I know it's a horrible question, but... Then don't ask it, Miyu. Maybe, Miyu. Probably. ... alright. ......... I just hope I'm wrong. * Shigeru 's eyes unfocus for a moment, then he shakes his head and continues research. * Kaira finishes the burger. * Eoi waits and wait and waits s'more for those two hours to pass, and for Andrew to arrive. *** Retrieving #BESM info... ... we can't just keep killing hte copies... we'll eventually have to shut down whatever's making htem... Not now, Miyu. Let's take this one step at a time Miyu. ... right. gotta focus on the task at hand... Let's worry more about what's going to kill us today then what is going to kill us tommorow. ( What time is it now? ) [6:00pm or so] ( Still an hour to go.. ) [Sky is read, sun's not down yet] * Eoi leans back and yawns. Any sign of Andrew? * Chelsea sits and watches Shigeru work. Why is there such a huge concentration of Smorfies on that island, anyway? ( ... ) ( I honestly can't believe you asked that question ) ... Because that's where we live. ... so every single one lives there? The majority do. Oh. What about the ones that don't? Not really, Eoi. I think he'll be here, though. Find anything else, Shig? Mm. Well, I say we go in at 7, if he is here or not. They live with scummy humans. Exiled? Quentin's in the military. Files missing. Last name's Nagawa. Why do you think he'll show Shiggy? Nobody is exiled. * Shigeru reaches up and pushes his glasses up with a shaking hand. He looks paler than normal. "Why do I think Andrew'll show?" He blinks at Eoi. Yeah. Just wondering. .. You ok Shiggy? Quentin's the the government, by the way. ... you might want to make plans to evacuate the island, if necessary... No, I'm not. But I'll be fine. I have to. ... .. What's wrong? * Chelsea raises an eyebrow. "Quentin?" (the -> in. Blargh.) * Kaira shakes her head. * Shigeru shrugs. "Andrew'll show because it's what he does. He won't abandon kids any more than Calvin would." Great. So we have to deal with government conspiracy's now. Mm. Which country's government? I guess. He seems a little flaky to me. Japan. ... I see. * Shigeru snickers at Eoi. "You really are an honest person, aren't you?" Yep. * Chelsea smirks. You're lucky. Anyway, If you think he'll show, he'll show I guess. How long have you guys been on that island, anyway? * Eoi looks at his watch. *mutters* Well, I'm glad someone agrees with me about him. I hate him. Don't just look at the surface. After all, I'm s'posedly someone who wouldn't hurt a fly. ( It's always the quiet ones who go insane... ) I guess. If he shows me some proof he is something besides an idiot who hits on anything that moves, I'll be fine. He already did. * Shigeru looks back at the computer and types a few more things. Oh? I'm sure he has his good points, or he wouldn't have risked himself for Kaira-san. But I still think he's an idiot. He has his good points, yes. But he almost got us all killed too. * Chelsea has some more of her .......Dr. Pepsi. ... he's just like Calvin. * Shigeru sips his drink. "Yeah. He wanted a response out of Kaira, so he goaded her into one. Pretty skillfully, too, if you didn't notice it." ... * Chelsea nods. Mm. * Kaira blinks. "He... Nevermind." ... what is it, Kaira? * Shigeru blinks, then types something else. * Shigeru snickers. "So that's how they're hiding the ship sinking." ... eh? Hm? Looks like all the ammunition went off at once, for some odd reason. Do you know what was on the ship? The Horsehead guy wanted to destroy what was on it.... It doesn't say. Maybe more of... whatever I am, though. ... are you a supernatural? Maybe they're all copies of you. Hell if I know. * Chelsea shakes her head. * Eoi looks at the bar some more. [A few people leave the bar, and two more wave as they pass on the way in] * Miyu checks the time [6:20pm] ... 40 minutes (Damn. Time's just crawling along. c.c) ( Imagine that :P ) * Shigeru blinks. Well, fuck. .. eh? ( Okay. :P ::imagines::) Smorfilia is in the military files. It was easy to get into, too. Huh. .... what? It's got *everything* about you guys, Kaira. ... why? ......... o.o ... ... ... ... okay. Why? Hm. That's interesting. * Shigeru shuts his eyes and shakes his head. "I can probably delete it somehow. But then they'll know something's up, and they likely have backups somewhere." How did they find out? Why so much interest in these paranormals, specifically? .... maybe sattelite photos, Kaira? ... * Shigeru takes a deep breath and goes back to hacking. "Lemme see." * Chelsea shakes her head. "That is a curious little puzzle. I doubt that they fear the Smorfies, unless they're paranoid." This is insane.... They found out... well, like Miyu said. That, and it's hard to miss people flying around. * Chelsea thinks. "Maybe they don't like the Smorfies because they aren't useful to them." The children. .... children? * Miyu blinks. Damn. I should've restricted flight. * Shigeru shakes his head. "Nothing you can do about it now." * Chelsea nods. Yes there is. There has to be. If you want, I can try to delete whatever they have on Smorfilia. They probably have hard copies somewhere, though. It's a start. Where would they keep these copies? They'd probably have hard copies, and copies on multiple computers... You've gotta get everyone off that island. Anywhere you go, though, would be... suspicious. You might need to scatter. ... That won't happen. Why? Isn't that what most supernaturals have done, anyway? ... Do you think your people would vacate these islands if they were threatened? Looks like they don't consider your people a threat at all, though, Kaira. So... you'll probably be fine from everyone but twisted types like our Quentin friend. ( They did in SMF^2. :P ) Oh, and they have a file specifically on you. * Shigeru blinks. ...... eh? ( No, they got nuked in SMF^2 ) ( Not all of them. ) ... You're the island's only defense, and they know it. Which means Project S knows it, and... well, there you go. ( Some of them fled. Two of the PCs in the first round of it were evacuees. :P ) .... ( Most didn't make it. ) .... how long do they have before they start weapons testing? * Shigeru blinks at Miyu. On the island? Yeah. They already *tried* testing S-types, remember? But that's not even part of the regular military, as far as I can tell. ( But the point is that the ones that could left. ) .... They don't have long, then... I'm pretty sure that... well, that if most people heard about this, they'd be shocked. And if they found out that the island is mostly defenseless, outraged. .... how can the majority of an entire species fit on one tiny island? ( They also possessed 0% chance of harming the Youma. ) It's not much of a species. We're mostly dead. * Miyu sets her watch alarm to beep at 7. ... mostly dead? What happened to most of them? ... * Shigeru sighs and turns off his computer, closing it and putting it into its case. He sets his elbows on the table and puts his head in his hands. We've never been a large race to begin with. ... oh. * Chelsea ruffles Shigeru's hair. * Shigeru half-heartedly bats Chelsea's hand away. *** Charles has joined #BESM * Chelsea giggles. ( Hi Charles. ) ( BTW, you remember I've got MIyu's watch set to 7, right? ) ('Lo, charles.) ( Yeah :P ) *** Daisuke sets mode: +o Charles *** Charles sets mode: -o Charles ... we've got to help save your race from extinction. * Kaira stands. "I can handle it." * Hikaru 's mouth quirks a bit at Miyu's 'your'. I was thinking about a more long term solution... Tell me where I would find the information. Files, and the people who possess it. * Chelsea chuckles. It's amazing you've lasted as long as you did completely isolated. * Shigeru tilts his head so he sees Kaira. "I hope so. But you can't be everywhere at once." * Kaira looks at Shig. "I don't have a choice." There's always a choice. For you humans, maybe. * Chelsea nods. "That is true. Besides, do you think you could actually break into wherever it is?" Like I said, I don't have a choice. I HAVE to break into it. ... why/ There has to be a better way... * Chelsea shakes her head sadly. * Shigeru shakes his head. "And how are you going to be at the island, protecting them from Quinten and company if you're in some miltiary installation?" ... ( Gah. Getting sleepy. ) I... I'll strike quickly. If I can do it before they can act... Look, at least let us help, alright? If you get killed the Smorfies have no hope to survive should someone decide to kill them. Kaira. Don't be stupid about this. Please. * Kaira sighs and sits back down. "As much as I hate to say it, you're right." * Chelsea grins but says nothing. ... if there's to be a long term solution... Alright. First, we figure out a way to find out when weapon testing is scheduled, then stop them as they happen. * Shigeru presses his hands nervously against the table and looks out the window. [Time: 6:50] ... but what do we do after that? That won't do any good, Miyu. * Eoi looks at his watch and stands up. It's getting dark. Ok folks. About time for us to roll. It'll have to do until we can think of a long term one... .... yeah... We got away with it once, but if we keep stopping the tests, they'll realize something's up. No sign of Andrew yet either. * Shigeru stands, putting his laptop away and slinging it over his shoulder. He's probably outside somewhere. I know... * Kaira stands up again. I think strategy can wait until we take care of more immediate concerns, Miyu. We can maybe work on trying to discover the achilles heel of our foe, and all that good Tom Clancy stuff. * Chelsea stands, and casually checks to make sure all her goodies are in place. Yep, for now we have to save some kids. * Miyu nods... * Eoi grins, tosses away his root beer cup and begins to walk towards the bar. ( Chelsea was actually never sitting. ) ... alright. Let's get ready... ( Hard to do that when you've got a sword in your pants. Even baggy pants :P ) * Miyu turns off her watch timer and waits for 7. (You just prop your leg up on the seat across from you, Brett. ;P) ... for REALLY long term solution, the race will have to be repopulated.. * Hikaru gets up and stretches. ( Don't ruin my fun ;_; ) * Shigeru throws away what's left of his meal and walks out the door. * Eoi waits in front of the enterance to the bar for everyone else. * Miyu does similarly [The sun vanishes behind the mountains at 7:00 precisely] Here we go folks. Right * Hikaru nods. * Eoi opens the door to the bar. Guess that jerk didn't make it after all. * Andrew hops down from the roof and lands right behind Eoi/Kimiko. You don't think I would let so many beautiful women go into danger alone, would you? Oi. Andrew. * Eoi resists the urge to fall over. * Chelsea smirks. "Of course not, Andrew." [Inside, the bar seems normal, except for an odd blue glow coming from beneath the door to the back room.] Hmph. Whatever Andrew. Just don't go leaping out of hiding his time, ok? * Andrew looks rather the worse for wear, he's definitely been crying since he left the group earlier. [Eoi pointedly looks away from Andrew.] Okay. Back room, anyone? * Eoi pulls out his Naginata and slowly moves towards the back room. * Shigeru looks around. Even in the dim light, he's paler than normal, and his hands are shaking slightly. Let's hurry up. I can't afford to waste much time. * Andrew strides forward quickly. Stay behind me, Shigeru. What's wrong with Shiggy? * Shigeru blinks at Andrew. "Sure." ( He's not even female @_@ ) Everything, Eoi. I'm... I'll deal with things later. We've got kids to save. Alright.. * Eoi frowns.. and peeks into the back room. ( He's the only person in the group he can really say is his friend, or even close. ) ... blue glow... .. [Eoi spies...] [SESSION END]