[Day: Saturday, June 3rd. Time: 3:00 p.m. in Tokyo, ... we'll say 12:00 p.m. in Shanghai.] [Rei calls Eoi. Mini start :P] * Eoi answers the phone. " 'lo?" * Rei recognizes Eoi's voice and speaks in Japanese, "Hi, Eoi? How're things going?" * Eoi grins. "Little Rei! How ya doin'?" Um. Okay, I guess. I'm in the SIU now. Y'know that, don'tcha? I bet Dad ranted at you about it. A lot. You bet your ass he did. And he can rant in my mind two, so that's a serious lot of ranting. * Rei laughs. "Well, I didn't mean ta hurt your head or anything but, uhm, anyway, I made some friends - at least, I think they're friends - and I haven't been called a freak all that much, so it's all been pretty cool. Except for one teensy little thing. Is Dad there?" * Eoi looks around. (Shig at lunch I assume?) ( Yup ) ( It's noon! Yay! :P ) Sorry Rei, he's at lunch. Maybe I can help. Oh. Well, um. It's kinda... um... how do I put this... Katsu's gone evil and stole Mommy's sword and his ass is so grass soon as she hears about it but he kinda deserves it and I got sucked into a blue stone and everything really SUCKS! ... 'Cept I'm not in the blue stone anymore. * Eoi boggles. But it still sucks. Okay. Your brother is evil and has Ambition. That's bad. Do you know where he is now? No shit! He joined a super lame club, too, and... Uh. He jumped into a portal to the demon realm or something powered by that glowing blue stone that sucked up spirits including me. Last I checked. ( Can't I create any NPCs people actually like? ;_; ) (Like Rei wouldn't think that club's lame. ^^) Well, you're getting right into the Mystery Club feeling, arnt'cha? Okay.. you say he joined a club then? Know the name? Mr. E's club. Mr. E'd be the old guy in white. Oh, they all jumped into the portal thingie, too. No idea why, though. Something about a master plan, but then, everyone and their grandma has a master plan and ARGH! it's so frustrating. ( She thinks that's frustrating? Better not show up for tomorrow's session, then c.c ) * Eoi rubs his head. "Okay. Your brother is evil, stole Ambition, joined "Mr. E's Club", opened a portal to a demon dimension.." (Poor Rei. ;_;) I'm impressed. You sure don't take your time with the whole Apocolypse thing. * Shigeru walks in. "Who stole Ambition?" * Rei gulps. "Uh... Eoi, you left it on speaker phone didn't- hi Daddy! Fancy hearing you here!" * Eoi peers at Shig. "Hey, Shiggy. Let your daughter tell ya I guess. She was there." * Eoi grins sheepishly, even though Rei can't see him. "Sorry kid. Forgot." * Shigeru frowns. "Tell me what. You didn't put jam in Mitsuji's hair again, did you?" ( Nah. Rei'd be dead if she tried that. ) Nope! Not... really. But that's a different story that you *really* don't need to hear about 'cause this is much more important. ( Oops. Wasn't supposed to mention that yet ^^ ) I think ya should sit down for this one Shig. ... Right. * Shigeru has a seat, then. * Rei takkes a deep breath. "Katsu stole Mom's sword and it's possessing him or something or maybe it's not, I don't know, but he really wasn't acting quite the same, and I got sucked into a blue stone thingie and it hurt like hell - oops, not s'posed to say that - but that's not the point. The point is that the stone was used to open a portal to the demon realm and Katsu jumped in and I don't know anymore!" ... He what? Kid pulled a Mei-Yin it looks like. He stole mom's sword. And turned evil or at least moderately not-good. And is now following Mr. E's Club, whatever the hell... o that is. * Shigeru facepalms. "Great. And here we thought it'd be safer at our place than the museum." Well, museums aren't all that safe anymore. I mean, two groups broke in just a couple days ago... er... yeah. Sounds like you've been having an exciting time Rei. Can you remember anything else we should know? Perhaps involving legendary Naginatas and/or demons? * Shigeru grumbles curses in languages he's sure Rei doesn't know. ( However, if Peter was there.. ) (But he isn't! ^_^_v) No. I mean, besides the whole metal demon calling to mind a prophecy about the end of the world and all... * Eoi pauses while drinking coffee out of his custom "#1 Naginata" mug and coughs loudly. "What?" * Shigeru looks up. "What?" Geez, we didn't get our first Apocolypse for like.. a few months. You guys really are fast. A metal demon. End of the world. Least, that's what Peter said. Showed up after we knocked out a bunch of kappa. Naomi got hurt, but she'll get better, and nobody else was touched. Mostly 'cause we ran like hell. You... ran. Good. * Shigeru glances over at Eoi. ~I knew it was a bad idea to let her do this,~ he thinks to his partner. * Eoi rubs his head. ~I think you mentioned it once.. or twice.. or all month.~ ( And how! :P ) ~Because I was *right*. Damnit.~ Okay.. Metal Demon, Evil Brother, Ambition and Kappa. Hmm. ~Yes, you were. However, were you going to figure out a way to stop her?~ Well, no more kappa anymore. We kinda relocated them. * Shigeru shrugs. ~If I knew how to stop her, I would've already. And now my *family* is knee-deep in this thing. It's not just your run of missions.~ Well. That's a minor problem solved. ~Believe me Shig, last thing I'd want is for your family to be in trouble. You know I love the kids. ~ So Katsu's in the demon realm, or at least you think he is. It's a place to start. Did you tell your mother yet? * Eoi shudders at imagining Mei-Yin's reaction. Uh... no? I was kinda... hoping... you would. I mean, not that I wouldn't, it's just that you know how she gets when she's mad and stuff and it's gonna be- you want me to tell her, don't you? Perhaps we could hire some sort of ninja to tell her. They're trained to risk life and limb. * Shigeru states dryly, "They're not trained well enough." He sighs. "Try to get ahold of her, Rei. And make sure Mitsuji isn't around." * Rei gulps. "Okay." In the meantime, Eoi and I'll see what we can do. We have our hands full here, but Katsu is *not* getting away with this. ~Up to contacting Chel, Eoi?~ ~ You bet. Should I try to contact Norii too? I think she's still in Japan.~ ( x.x ) ~Let's start with Chel. She'd know more about the demon realm than any of us. Since she sorta lives in hell and all.~ ( I knew I shoulda said Shig was gone :P ) Hey. Hey hey hey! You're having one of those telepathic conversations, aren'tcha? I'd recognize that silence anywhere! Err.. Sorry 'bout that, Rei. Just trying to get things in order. What did the portal look like? Uh... it was a portal. With a path and pointy pale trees on the other side. Huh. Sounds like they were off to see the wizard of oz. Right. We'll do what we can. And Rei? Yeah? I'm really, really sorry about this. * Eoi grins. "and I thought we had it tough. We didn't have PARENTS to deal with too." * Shigeru idly throws a pencil across the room at Eoi. "It's not your fault, kiddo. Try to keep tabs on Katsu, and make sure you check up on your mother and Mitsuji every once in a while. And keep in touch with us." * Eoi is beaned in the head with a pencil. "Ow!" O- okay. Yeah, I can do that. ... Dad threw something at you again, didn't he? You betcha, kiddo. * Rei giggles a little despite herself. * Shigeru blinks and looks at his monitor. "We've gotta go. There's a disturbance of... the weirdest kind in Guongzhou. Be careful, Rei. Love you." I will. I love you, too. [Kirby iz pirate.]