[March 7, 2:30 PM.] [The graduation banners hang from the walls, and behind the stage! The school auditorium is full of well-wishers for this year's graduating students, family and friends. The students stand out in their school uniforms, wearing them for the last time.] [There are lots of chairs in rows through the auditorium, and open space at the back for people to stand if they prefer. Since the graduation ceremony's already completed, people are now milling around, standing or sitting.] [Start!] (I figure you all can decide where exactly you want to be in here.) 03* Jihatsu (Jihatsu@vpn86084.VPN.McGill.CA) has joined #arcana 01 (Hi Adele!) Hi! 01 (In parens; game in progress. ^^) 01 (OOC goes in parens like thees.) (Thanks for letting me eavesdrop, and gotcha! ^_^) (...I just thought. Would this graduation be complete without Chikako?) (Hello to the rest of the gang too, and nice to meet you, those I haven't met before!) (Man, I asked Brett and he didn't want to be involved with running NPCs, but if you want someone to just say "cool!", I can do that. =P) 01 ("You graduated! That's so cool! I graduated! That's even cooler! Oh look, punch and cookies! SO COOL!" 01 (There, I did it.) (*snickers*) <@Taki> (Awesome!) 06* Haruko is playing around with a recent model phone. She's got a light formal jacket on over a low cut blue blouse. <@Taki> (I'm going to get a bachlor's in journalism THAT'S SO COOL!) (Let's assume that it's pretty soon after the ceremony ended? Like right after or something.) (Yeah.) 06* Katie is wearing her school uniform, like all of the other stiffs what graduated that day. She's talking quietly with her parents and scanning the crowd as she does so. 06* Kyon is sitting next to Haruko, wearing a short, dark grey jacket with orange piping and dark blue jeans. He's keeping an eye out for Katie, too, but isn't heading over there quite yet. 06* Kaede is in his uniform, but has sat down soon after the ceremony by his own in a corner. He's tugging uncomfortably at his collar to loosen it a bit. Sadly no family is here, since Nanami was busy with her own stuff, but he does seem to be recovering from being in front of so many people at once. 06* @Taki , like half of the rest of the people there had the brilliant idea to try and move twords the stage to greet graduating students, needless to say she's not making much progress. She's wearing the uniform of a different school with a black skirt and a brown blazer over a white shirt. 06* Satoshi is, well, also wearing his uniform. He's chatting with a couple of guys from the hockey team, though every so often he glances over one of the guys' shoulders, looking for someone. 06* Haruko finishes reading an email. "I'd actually forgotten just how boring this was. I wonder if the principals are even allowed to change the speech from year to year." 06* Kyon shrugs curtly. "Parents always want to hear the same thing." I suppose. It only has to be fresh for the people going through it. 06* Kyon snorts. "Don't remember it feeling fresh when we did." 06* Haruko grins while eyeing the crowd. She's not as eager as Taki. "Yeah, you're right. Although back then I had shrine work to raise my tolerance for dull rituals." (What year is it. 2003?) (Yeah.) 06* Kyon nods, and jams a hand into his jacket pocket. "Yours're better. For the shrine, it's more than standing and sitting down." 06* Katie breaks away from her parents and starts making her way to Kyon. On the way, she passes Taki, and she waves at her. 06* @Taki blinks, starts, and then grins as she makes to follow Katie instead of trying to figure out what to say to Satoshi whom she noticed standing over the crowd. 06* Kyon straightens in his seat and tries to catch Katie's eye without moving too much as she comes over. 06* Satoshi finishes up the conversation with his old teammates and scans the crowd, finally noticing Haruko (and Kyon). He starts heading in their direction, not noticing who else is going that way. (Hilarity will probably not ensue.) 06* Katie talks to Taki with some cheer as she makes her way over. "It's been a while. What are you doing here?" 01 (Meanwhile, Kaede sulks in a corner. XD) 06* Kaede looks over at the crowd for a moment, and then spots Satoshi and goes over to him, intercepting. "Seems the old crowd's gathering over there. Guess you noticed too." 06* Haruko nods. "Thanks." As Katie approaches Haruko gives her a quick bow and then steps away to wave now that Satoshi is looking her way. (Oh shush you!) Hey, Kaede. Yeah, looks like... 06* @Taki manages to meet Katie's eyes for moment before looking away. "I wanted see you all graduate, and make sure nothing was going to go wrong." 06* Satoshi returns Haruko's wave, then blinks. "Looks like everyone, actually." 01 Nobody's died yet. Keep your fingers crossed. (The night is still young!) 06* Katie smiles cheerfully and looks to Kyon, waving! 06* Kaede chuckles. "Yes. Yes it does." He puts an arm over his shoulder with a light slap on it. "They're going to miss you, you know." 06* @Taki waves at the others. "Uh, hi. Congrats?" 06* Kyon presses himself smoothly out of his chair, and waves curtly back, smirking. You think so? 06* Haruko stands up and walks over to Taki. "Congratulations, graduate." 06* Kaede blows it off. "You were a bit of the glue that held us together. I don't think *anyone* held a grudge against you." He frowns a little. "Unlike me..." 06* Haruko 's ears are burning for some reason. Regardless, think we should head over? <@Taki> Ah Haruko? I'm not untill next year, but if any of you want to come to Akaraki, I'll be glad to show you around... Yeah, we should. I asked Haruko if she wanted to come. It'd be rude if I ignored her, and cowardly if I ignored everyone else. And you're certainly not *that* anymore, right? 06* Haruko blushes. "Ah, right. You need to email more." She smiles. "It's easier than my being less of a flake. But yeah, that sounds great." I still have the occasional moment. But enough of that. Let's go. You've still got a couple weeks left, right Taki? How's the end of the year treating you? 06* Kaede grins. "Sure." He heads on over. 06* Satoshi also heads on over! 06* @Taki laughs nerviously. "I'm trying to pretend the studying I did will be enough for the finals." 06* Katie rolls her eyes. She doesn't say hi to Haruko, because she's rude, and instead she moves over to Kyon. "I'm glad you showed up." 06* Kyon rocks back on his heels, and shrugs quickly. "Not going to miss it. Only happens once." 06* Satoshi reaches the group and waves. "Hey." He smiles at Haruko. "Glad you could make it." 06* Katie laughs. "Yeah, for what that's worth." She gives Kyon a hug, and then a light kiss on the cheek. "I won't be sorry about never wearing this uniform again." 06* Satoshi smiles at Taki, too, although it's a bit shy and awkward. 06* Haruko nods. "Let me know if you need help with anything. Some of the stuff we learned in high school comes up in college." She frowns. "English turns out to be more important than I.." She looks over to Satoshi and grins. "Hi! Thanks for the invite. And congratulations, graduates." 06* @Taki nods at Haruko and then waves awkwardly at Satoshi. "Hey." 06* Haruko then looks out to the distance, double checking in her mind that everyone else is graduating. She then nods confidently as she notices everyone else has on the right garb." (-") Thanks! You know, if you're having trouble with English, I can always help out. Not wearing the uniform is going to be a little weird though. 06* Kyon gives a small crooked smile, and only stiffens a little bit before hugging Katie back. "Yeah. Congratulations on that much." 06* Kaede smiles and nods to Katie. "Congratulations." Great. I could use it. Thank you. Wait.. I should practice. 06* Haruko 's pronunciation wasn't half bad. She smiles with pride. <@Taki> Aaah, no! I came here to get away from the studying. 06* Katie sees Kaede, and she glees a bit before giving him a hug, too! "Kaede, we survived!" You're definitely improving. Although I guess after this summer, we're going to end up running up one heck of a phone bill if you want to practice conversations. 06* Kaede blinks awkwardly and then hugs her back. "That's...an interesting choice of words." He then adds more cheerfully. "But yes we did." 06* Satoshi briefly looks over at Katie and Kaede and stifles a sigh. 06* Kaede lets go and blinks at everyone else. "Though I didn't expect a reunion." 06* Kyon looks at Kaede at that, back to a smaller smirk, and nods to him curtly. "Congratulations." (Satoshi is not trying to ignore people; I'm just out of practice at following multiple conversational threads. ^^;) (It's tough stuff, no worries!) 06* Katie blinks at the others, too, pretending she just noticed them. "Yeah, well." She lets go. <@Taki> (It's easier if your char doesn't want to talk to some of the people!) 01 (Yeah, like me, only now it's been forced to my attention. ;_;) 06* Kaede smirks a bit back at Kyon. "Thanks." He nods to Taki. "It's been a while." <@Taki> I wouldn't miss it for the world... even if I did have to come the slow way. That's right. You'll be a master at English soon enough. ::Haruko double checks her knowledge of North America:: Maine isn't one of those French states, is it? 06* Kyon shrugs quickly at Kaede's remark. "Not much call for it." 06* @Taki then looks at Kaede and nods back uncertainly. "Well, yeah..." It's close to Canada, and I'd imagine some people speak French there, but I think I'll be able to get by with English. 06* Kaede then glances at Haruko for a second. He doesn't look quite sure how to greet her, but he does address her at least. "Satoshi here thinks he's not going to be missed." 06* Katie shakes her head, and she looks around. 06* Haruko nods. "Cool." She notices Kaede's glance and smiles. "Congrats to both of you." 06* Haruko is including Katie in that both of you, for the record. 06* Kyon glances at Satoshi sidewise. "Worth keeping the contact. Never know when you'll need it." 06* @Taki looks up at Satoshi ans stick out her tounge. "I'm sure everybody else's hocky teams won't be sorry to see you go." 06* Kaede nods slightly. "Thank you." 06* Katie nods as well. "Thanks, Haruko." Know what you'll be studying in college? 06* Satoshi blinks then laughs. "No, they probably won't." (My line goes before Haruko's. ^^;) 06* Katie shrugs. She looks slightly uncomfortable. "I'm still... not sure. Fine arts and biology don't go together." 06* Kaede shakes his head slightly. "Hasn't changed." He sighs slightly. "College..." 06* Kyon attends more to Katie again. "Doesn't mean you can't do both. Double major." I believe I've got the most common major at an American university. Undecided. (I have the University of Maine website up now and am paging through it.) <@Taki> (Heh) (Hahaha.) 01 Yeah. No classes would go together, but... 01 (Go you!) (Sadly, Satoshi chose poorly if he wanted to win the NCAA tournament. He should have gone to Denver, Wisconsin, or Michigan State.) (He could have met Greg if he'd gone to Denver. ;p) (Wow, that'd've been meta-ly awkward.) (Wouldn't it, though?) 01 (Maybe Greg did meet him!) (Yes it would be.) 06* Haruko nods along with Katie's comments and snickers at Satoshi's comment. 06* Kyon shrugs quickly. "Gets boring, doing the same classes all the time, anyway." (Not sure I did meet anyone on the hockey team.) <@Taki> Well, uhm. Good luck making up your mind? 06* Katie shrugs helplessly, then says to Taki, "Kyon's right. I'll probably end up with a double major." 06* Haruko then looks to Kaede, taking her bad assumption in stride. "No time for college with family obligations and all?" Thanks. So, how are things going for you at your school? (What's the name of it? I"d imagine I'd know IC, but I don't know OOC so I can't say it. ;p) 06* Kaede shakes his head slightly at Haruko's statement. "That's not it at all. Besides, grandfather already passed away." He doesn't look up. But fortunately doesn't look *too* down about it. <@Taki> (I mentioned it once, but it's Akaraki) 06* Katie pats Kaede on the arm even though she's heard this piece of information before. Still, it's a bummer. I just...I've been focused on it so long. It feels weird to actually consider college at this point. 06* Kaede twitches slightly at Katie's touch but not much. He relaxes soon after it. 01 You should go with me. 06* @Taki looks down and then at Satoshi. "Well, it's been most of a year and Shizaru's still insisting I'm her friend, and nobodies tried to kill me, So pretty good! Boring, but good." I think we've all earned boring but good. 06* Kaede looks at Katie. "Well I'm not going to head into biology or fine arts really. But...thanks." 06* Haruko nods. "I'm rather enjoying it and learning a lot." She grins a bit. "But don't let that disassuade you, I'm sure you could find a college I'd hate." 06* Kyon rolls his eyes at Kaede. "Same college is close enough." 06* Katie nods at Kyon, then looks to Kaede. 06* Kaede chuckles and looks at Kyon. "I just meant I would have to find a college that is good at what I want to do. It might not be the same is all. But if they have a good program, I'd...like that I think." 01 There, then it won't be so bad. Take the good parts with you. 01 (Like Katie'd find a college that's good at both anyway.) 01 (She's just going to go wherever, pretty much.) (My undergrad school actually was, but I don't think she'll want to come to Maryland. ;p) <@Taki> (Whoever sends her the best accptance letter?) (If Katie found a school with a lousy program, she'd *make* it an awesome program.) (All on her own.) (There are schools that'd be good at both, I think.) 01 (Ha. Okay, maybe she will get so lucky.) 06* Haruko turns back to Taki. "So, think we should go tour Akaraki?" 06* @Taki thinks for a moment and then blushes. "Only if you want to spend an hour on the subway, one of Shizaru's other friends is getting kinda suspicious about how fast I get places sometimes." 06* Haruko grins. "Well, some of us could ride. I enjoy people being suspicious at how fast I drove places." 06* Satoshi laughs. "I still can't believe I rode with you once." 06* Kaede lets out a slight breath. Same old Haruko. 06* Kyon looks at Haruko, bemused. "Can't believe you never wrecked my bike." <@Taki> I'd rather spend my ... well not here, here, but around. 06* Katie takes a step back towards Kyon. 06* Haruko pouts. "I'll have you know I'm one of our clubs better drivers. Admittedly, being able to practice without worrying about getting caught helped a lot." (club's) 06* Kaede whispers over to Katie. "Akemi sends her congratulations too. She wishes she could be here too but, well, she's got her own school functions to worry about." 06* Kyon nods quickly. "Sure. And having a better bike." He leaves his hand near Katie's, brushing her sleeve very lightly with the back of his hand. 06* @Taki inches away from Haruko. "I'll uh, take my chances with the train anyway. Thanks." 06* Kaede clears his throat. "Wise choice." 06* Kyon smirks fiercely at Taki. "No more thrills in your life?" 06* @Taki laughs nerviously. "I had my fill last year. Boring is good." She says the last mostly to herself. 06* Katie smiles at Kaede, even as she takes Kyon's hand. "Tell her thanks," she whispers back. "That's sweet of her." 01 (Unless I got completely confused and Kaede was whispering from a distance?) 01 (Because if that's so, I'm going to need to change my pose.) (Nah!) 06* Haruko glances down at the touch for a second and then shrugs. "I dunno. When I'm not studying I find keeping myself entertained is a great way to prevent relapse to old habits." (Even though he could, it would look weird in a crowd of people) 01 (Right then.) 06* Satoshi looks at Haruko. "But you haven't... lately, have you? 06* @Taki looks a bit guilty. "Aheh." Nope. Well, I help people break into their own cars, but that's something people called the motor club for before I got there. 06* Kyon holds Katie's hand lightly, not gripping it too much, but it's not tentative. 06* Satoshi laughs. "Anyone ever question how you're so good at it?" No. But I did have a guy have three lock-outs in a month. He seemed to mistake the help line for a date line. One more time and I'd introduce him to my surprising skill using a tire iron as a bludgeon. 06* Kyon smirks. "Could just be forgetful. Charge him extra." 06* Haruko smiles sweetly. "Oh, I do." That *would* possibly be the better route. Hitting things is generally not the best solution in most cases. 06* Katie chimes in with, "No, but sometimes it works." 06* Kyon nods curtly at that. "Sometimes, it works real well." 06* Kaede murmers quietly. "Depends on the problem." <@Taki> Some guys just don't know how to take no any other way. 06* Kaede sighs at that statement, then looks over at Taki and changes the subject. "How's the new school treating you anyways?" Happily I haven't had any of those times since. Really I'll probably just send along one of my male clubmates... After I negotiate the price. 06* Kyon smirks at Haruko's statement. "Just make sure you get a cut." That's fair. 06* Katie snerks slightly. "I'm glad you found somewhere you're happy, Haruko." 06* @Taki grins. "Pretty good, I've got new friends, nobody trying to attack me because I was a jerk in a previous life, it's kinda boring, but after last year, I'm feeling so much better." 06* Haruko nods at the various comments. "I will, and thanks Katie. I hope you can find a place like that." She then looks over to Taki. "That's good to hear." 06* Kaede snorts. "We've *earned* boring." 06* Katie squeezes Kyon's hand slightly. "Where I am isn't that bad." 06* @Taki glances at Katie and Kyon. "There are things I miss a lot, but, I think I'm better off there than here." 06* Haruko smiles at Katie's comment. "I'm glad. And a bit jealous. College boys aren't as interesting as I'd hoped." She shrugs. "Or at least the ones that find me interesting aren't. Oh well, I get by." Kyon glances down at Katie, his eyes slightly softer than usual. "Just got to give it time." (And that's me being in e-mail mode. Surprised I made it that long. =P) 06* Satoshi looks at Haruko. "You'll find somebody as interesting as you hope soon, I think." Thanks. And if I don't, I'm finding a few career options that look good. I've enjoyed fluid dynamics about as much as you'd expect, although it's really weird having to keep yourself from acting as a confounding effect on experiments. Most of it is math anyways, that stays the same regardless of my emotional states. 06* Kyon snorts. "Good. Don't bend the universe." <@Taki> Yeah, that's my job! 06* Haruko snickers. "Fair enough, Knight. I'll respect your jurisdiction." 06* Kaede rolls his eyes a bit. 06* Katie shakes her head. She glances at Chikako, across the room, and then turns her attention to the others. "So nothing weird for any of you, since...?" 06* Satoshi just shakes his head. 06* Haruko might be smiling slightly wider after Kaede rolls his eyes. Naw, some of my abilities seem weaker than they used to be if anything, although I'm better with precision. (I know we talked about what happened regarding their powers but I forget what I decided for Satoshi.) 06* @Taki shakes her head. "I've nearly been caught a couple of times trying not to be late for class, but nothing weirder than me." Not weird, no. Been trying to find ways to control, even suppress, some of my abilities. I don't want to check another guy *through* the boards by accident in the middle of a game. 06* Kyon doesn't answer, but he listens to the others pretty closely. Probably a good plan. 06* Katie sighs slightly. "Good. Maybe it really is over, then." I hope so. Yup. ::she smiles:: Probably safe to implement any plans for world domination at this point. 06* Kyon tightens his grasp on Katie's hand a bit, and nods curtly, but his expression looks disbelieving. 06* Kaede keeps his mouth closed. He doesn't want to jinx it. 06* @Taki nods. "I never want to go through anything like that ever ever again." 06* Satoshi eyes Haruko. "You're going to attempt to be a supervillain and I'm going to have to stop your devious plans some day, aren't I?" 06* Katie holds Kyon's hand tightly, as well, and her other hand comes over to grasp his arm. "You..." She licks her lips, then forces cheer into her voice. "You do have a good powerset to be a superhero, Satoshi." 06* Kaede closes his eyes. "She can't. I'll have already locked down all the computer systems by that time. And you need computer access to do *any* sort of world domination scheme in this day and age." 01 [Meanwhile, chatter from the room has been dying away, leaving the small group in silence except for their own voices.] 06* Haruko looks back at Satoshi and smirks, "Like you could." She then smiles. "Eh, you probably could. I'd forget something important. Anyhow, I checked some of the world water surveys. There'd be too much territory where I'd be vulnerable." 01 (Haha, I found the brackets Brett left behind!) <@Taki> (Sweet! We can put them on Ebay!) (OH GOD, SOMEONE TAKE THEM FROM HER BEFORE SHE HURTS SOMEONE) 06* Haruko doesn't say anything to Kaede. Can't give away the countermeasures she'd considered. 06* Satoshi looks at Katie. "But I'm not." <@Taki> Let's let the world do it's own thing, okay? We've done our bit. 06* Kaede lets out another breath. "I agree with Taki." 06* Katie shrugs at Satoshi. "I don't know. You were pretty heroic a year ago." 06* Haruko nods at Katie's comment and looks a bit wistful. Sometimes. Not always when I should have been. I'm told that's true of most superheroes these days. Ever since the 90s really. <@Taki> And we're not going to angst about last year, at all. This is a graduation, we're here, okay half of us are here to move on. 06* Katie says, a little lightly and a little seriously, "And half of us already have, but they're still here." 06* Kyon shrugs curtly at Katie. "Not like you lose all your ties when you leave somewhere." Yup, that's what instant messaging is for. 06* @Taki rubs her arms. "I know, I know. It's just I kinda wish I could have the good parts without the bad ones, but I know that's not gonna happen." 06* Kaede shakes his head. "I agree with Taki. Besides, there's enough to worry about." 06* Kaede makes a face. "Like Nanami going through high school." 06* Katie looks around, at all of the chatting people they can't hear. 01 Even Nanami has to grow up. 06* Kyon smirks. "The bad ones make the good ones possible." He glances down at Katie. 06* Haruko nods. "So, speaking of moving on, should we head elsewhere? Or does everyone need to get back to their lives?" I know. She's already got a boyfriend. That fast? <@Taki> I'm not planning on going back yet. 06* Kaede glances at Satoshi for a moment and gives him a bit of a "That's what *I* said" look. Man. 06* Haruko looks like she's considering commenting and then thinks better of it. 06* Katie smiles up at Kyon. "I think it's worth the price, sometimes." 01 (Sorry about the delayed response. I had a boyfriend attack.) 06* Kaede sighs slightly. "I can't play big brother forever. Besides, I trust her decision. Still it's weird..." 06* Kyon nods to Katie, and then looks at Haruko. "Don't know. It's quiet here. Why, you hungry?" <@Taki> (Hi Dre!) 06* Kaede blinks slightly at Kyon's statement. "Ramen?" 06* Katie bursts out laughing. <@Taki> I haven't seen the Ramen guy since I moved! (Greg apparently decided that it is SO attack time. I did not see that coming.) 01 (THERE SEE) 01 (They strike like the ninja!) (!) (They do! Sneaky guys.) (Ard, I need a girlfriend to attack.) (Throw me a girlfriend) <@Taki> (... Megan just IMed me.) 01 (HAHAHAHA (...XD) It can't be too hard to find the ramen guy. He's everywhere. 06* Haruko shrugs. "Food works. More fun than standing around here anyways." 06* Kyon smirks at that. "No love for your old school yet?" 01 Okay. Let me tell my parents. 06* Kaede snickers. "Well it's none of our's school anymore. I mean the only connection I have to it now is Nanami really." 06* Haruko smiles. "I'm here aren't I? But yeah, no point getting stuck in the past." 06* Katie glances at each of the others, and then there's a sudden rush of sound as all of the conversation around them seems to start up, in the middle, at exactly the same time. She squeezes Kyon's hand and then lets go to wade through the mob to her parents. 06* @Taki blinks. "Okay, that one was new." 06* Kyon blinks, but gets over the shock of it quickly, with some ease of practice. I hadn't actually noticed. ...I'll say. 06* Haruko grins. "Good to stay in practice. These things are useful for more than just saving the world." 06* Kaede rubs the bridge of his nose. "I do but it's hard listening to computers and cell phones all day." 06* Haruko 's hair is about a year's growth longer at this point. "I've managed to cut my time with a blow dryer by half. 85% percent when nobody is around." (About a year's growth longer than end of Arcana that is. Not rapid growth) (So her hair grew about a year's growth in a year? Fascinating.) <@Taki> (Who would have guessed?) (So Haruko's saying that she hasn't cut her hair at all for a year. Eww.) 01 (Tell me she at least trimmed split ends.) (Maybe trimmed the ends? It's not like she hasn't washed it in a year. ;p) (Yeah, ends) 06* Kyon looks down at Haruko. "Why not 100%?" 06* @Taki 's still keeping hers short, but it's a lot more even in length now, her bangs still cover half of her face. I can get it dry immediately, but it doesn't style as well. (And I just had this image of Kaede growing his hair out into a ponytail) 06* Haruko 's ends are trimmed, for the record. The blue highlights are a bit more pronounced now that it's longer. But blue on black still doesn't stand out that much. 06* Katie returns. Her hair's about the same, thank you very much. "Done," she reports. "I just need to be home in time for cake. You can come too, Kyon." 06* Kyon nods quickly at Haruko, and then looks down at Katie, amused. "Yeah? I'm welcome?" 06* @Taki nods slightly. Careful Kyon, you'll lose your bad boy cred. I doubt it'll be *that* easy. Kyon's the type of guy Katie's parents warned her about. 06* Kyon turns his smirk on Kaede. "Not strongly enough." And even bad boys like cake. How do you know? Maybe Katie's just a notorious rebel. (Cake: is there anything it can't do?) <@Taki> I don't think I missed out on that much by moving... 06* Katie snorts as she reclaims Kyon's hand. "You missed me joining a biker gang, Taki." (Not really. It even makes good music.) (There's plenty it can't do. Because it's a lie.) 01 (Cake can't tell the truth.) 06* @Taki fakes a gasp. "How could you?" (...I knew that was coming eventually.) 02* Kyon (capfox@dsl-67-230-144-77.tor.primus.ca) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer ) (The "Cake is a lie" statement or the return to the Arcana Biker Gang?) 01 ("You also missed me killing Kyon.") (The cake is a lie.) <@Taki> (... Wait, so this is his jerk cousin?) <@Taki> (And put quotes in my parenthetical!) 01 (No, he wasn't the one with the cousin. That was Riko. He was the one with that guy as his best friend.) ("Arcana Biker Gang" would make a great intramural team name!) 01 (Ha!) 01 (Moti's got to get back before I forget what Katie's going to say!) <@Taki> (Write it down!) 01 (Man, I did miss Arcana, though. I mean, I didn't actively miss it, but now I'm all, Arcana! ;_;) (Ha.) (I just /msg Kate pretty much the same thing) <@Taki> (I know exactly what you're talking about. ) <@Taki> (It's like putting on an old comfortable set of clothes.) 03* Kyon (capfox@dsl-67-230-144-77.tor.primus.ca) has joined #arcana (Having a Haruko spawn in my DnD game helps for me.) 06* Haruko rolls her eyes. "My father always warned me about American and Chinese guys." She then looks over at Katie. "Excellent. About time really. What are you called?" 01 ... American and Chinese guys? At the same time? 06* Kaede shakes his head. "Pages of Swords. Would be a good biker gang name." 06* Haruko tilts her head. "Well, I think he certainly wouldn't approve of that." (It really is good, the Arcana. ^_^) But yes, to be precise, American or Chinese guys. 01 ... I don't think Pages of Swords makes a good biker name. It's a little violent, but it also makes me think of books. Bikers don't read books. Or write them. That's why Kyon's bike is a fake. 01 Are we getting ramen? It is? <@Taki> Okay, now I'm compleatly lost. 06* Katie grins. Mission accomplished. 06* Kyon looks over at Katie, his eyebrows raised. "Not a fake bike. Fake biker, maybe." 01 You can't ride your bike if it's real, Kyon. Or you'd be a biker. Ramen. Ramen sounds good. Is everyone coming? 06* Satoshi looks like he's trying to count something on his fingers, then gives up. "Yes. Ramen good." <@Taki> I think you can own a real bike and not be a biker... I think you need the attitude and the smell too. 06* Kyon rolls his eyes at Katie, then looks back at Kaede. "Yeah." <@Taki> (- the second "I think") 06* Haruko heads towards where she thinks a ramen stand might be. "Don't think you're out of coming up with a cool gang name. And the bike was real and it was spectacular." 06* Kaede starts heading towards ramen too. 06* Katie stands on her toes and gives Kyon a kiss on the cheek again as he's all distracted by Kaede. "" 06* @Taki hurries after Haruko after glancing at Katie and Kyon. 06* Haruko glances over at Satoshi. "Having trouble counting to two?" There were some implications there, and... never mind. 06* Haruko pouts a bit. "Man, it's harder to get you to blush than it used to be." 06* Kyon colors slightly high on his cheeks, and nods back, murmuring something in Chinese before starting to head off with the rest of them. 06* Katie tags along. She seems happy. That's what you get for having me spend more time with you. 06* Haruko lets out a breath. "True enough." 06* Kaede calls back. "If you're done torturing poor Watanabe, we're going." I need to talk to Akemi and step up my game. 06* Satoshi laughs. "We're coming." 06* Haruko steps up her pace. 06* Kyon jams his free hand in his jacket pocket, and tries not to walk too fast towards Kaede. He's got much longer legs than Katie, after all. 06* Katie has to skip a little once in a while to keep up, even with Kyon trying to slow down, because Kyon's always been a stalking machine. (It's true.) (We've always known Kyon's secretly been a robot all along) 06* @Taki scurries, due to having the shortest legs. 06* Satoshi could stalk if he wanted, being decently tall as well, but he doesn't. 01 (Yup, that's why he twitches all the time.) Anyways, I stopped listening to father's dating advise a long time ago. 06* @Taki doesn't have anything to add to a dating conversation so she stays out of it. [There's a ramen stand not that far from school with the same old ramen guy. Looks like he's done a pretty brisk business today, but the crowds are starting to wander off so there shouldn't be much of a wait.] 06* Kyon looks down at Haruko sidewise. "Yeah? What was that?" (Found some more brackets. There's a whole pile of them in the corner.) 01 (*deletes the bracket work she was doing; thanks, Greg!*) (*deletes his bracket work too* :P) <@Taki> (Ahaha! I HAVE NO BRACKETS!) (That's because you can teleport them to your hands instantly any time you want.) <@Taki> (Shsh! No giving away my super powers!) Oh standard stuff, be demure; let them come to you; be home by 10 p.m.; don't refer to guys as pets, it disturbs me. Basically the same lecture every girl gets I think. 06* Katie watches the families mill about, picking up snatches of their conversation. 01 Most girls don't refer to guys as pets. 06* @Taki stands in the line and grins faintly. "This is one of the things I miss... I didn't get that bit either." Not even high school guys? 06* Katie eyes Haruko. "No." <@Taki> I'm not a pet sort of person. I'd have to agree that last bit is not the standard lecture. 06* Haruko glances at Satoshi. "No offense... wait, you've graduated, statement stands." 06* Satoshi just eyes Haruko. 06* Kaede snorts. Not like he expected to be included. 06* Kyon eyes Taki at that statement like he's not sure whether he agrees with that. 01 (Lots of eyeing!) 06* @Taki look up, and around, and then at Kaede. "And I bet you didn't have to tell that to Nanami, didja?" (Everyone has eyes!) Well, it's not *exactly* the same. It's not like I'm...dad. But no. She's generally better than that. 01 (And they're all the correct color. :D) 06* Kaede sighs. "Though Akemi's been "teaching" her." He does do the air quotes thing. 06* Katie oooooohs. "Yeah, you're doomed for life." Well Akemi does have style at least. That counts for a lot. Yep. Seriously. <@Taki> I'll always remember you Kaede. Anyways, I stopped that. I've seen a couple too many guys around the campus that wear leashes. Subtext shouldn't be text. 06* Kaede blinks and looks at Taki oddly for a minute. "What? Really?" 01 (Feh. There is no subtext. Only text.) (leashes->collars) <@Taki> You're doo... 06* Kyon looks at Haruko oddly. "Your school's weird." 06* @Taki trails off and eyes Haruko. 01 ... <@Taki> My queen's weird. 06* Haruko eyes back. "You just noticed?" 06* Katie turns to Kyon. "Should I expect that out of-" And then Taki says that, and she looks at HER. Doomed. 06* Kaede looks from Taki to Haruko and back. Okay, they've both lost i--okay, they've both never had it. <@Taki> Maybe I blocked out the memories, anyway, ramen! 06* Katie shakes her head. I mean really, haven't you been paying attention to Kaede at all? I mean he mentions my oddness regularly. 06* Haruko grins. 01 He used to. Well he mentions that I haven't changed. Presumably that means I'm still odd. 06* Kaede shrugs a bit. [Ramen guy looks over to Taki. "Hi! You're in luck. Last bowl."] 06* Kyon looks back at Katie and shakes his head quickly. "Yeah. Haven't seen that much at campus." He smirks at Haruko. "Must just attract it." [The ramen stand is looking thoroughly raided at this point.] (So, I hear that on American campuses, they don't have fresh-served ramen. Just the pour-hot-water-in-a-cup kind.) (WHAT. NO) <@Taki> I... it's no fun if I'm the only one with food. (Savages, I know.) <@Taki> (The barbarians!) 06* Kaede frowns slightly. 06* Katie isn't in line - she isn't even very close - but she hears that. "There's only one bowl left," she tells everyone but Taki. 06* Haruko blushes a little at Kyon's comment. "Geez.. I hope not." 06* Kaede then looks around and counts. "Six set of chopsticks?" <@Taki> I don't suppose it's a bowl big enough to feed six? 06* Haruko shrugs. "I'm good. I eat way too much ramen at school when I'm working late." 06* Kaede snorts. "It's not the same if it's not all of us eating together." 06* Kyon frowns. "Got to be other places around here." 01 The okonomiyaki place? I don't know how many restaurants won't be swamped with graduation, but... [Ramen guy: "If six people could share, I'd sell six bowls and make more money." <@Taki> Ah, I'm sorry. 06* @Taki walks away from the ramen dude. "Anything new and tasty open since I left?" 01 Not really. It's only been a year. [Two other people step up to claim the last bowl. Ramen guy mediates the dispute.] 06* @Taki tries to remember what other places were run by the identicle -guy brothers. 06* Kyon nods quickly, and scans the area. "Okonomiyaki's close." (I do not remember OOC, so I probably do not remember IC, either!) 01 (I think the okonomiyaki place is actually where Satoshi broke up with Taki... or is that where they started dating?) 01 (I am so blanking!) That would probably work best. (It's been a year!) <@Taki> (They're on the list) (We could make something up.) <@Taki> (How about the Tempura-guy's place!) (Tempura's good, too, but I probably should be off soon, sadly...) 06* Haruko pats her motorcycle as she walks buy it. Still a variant on her first model, but enough parts have been replaced that it's hard to tell. 01 (Yup, it's late and I need sleeps as well.) (See, Haruko, motorcycles are pets. Not boys.) 06* Katie starts heading out, Kyon in direct tow and maybe others in less direct tow. For food and old friends. 01 (Shall we end hereish, at least for the evening?) 06* @Taki mutters. "I was going to bring cakes, but I didn't have time to go home and get them, and make the train, and make the cerimony with Mikage watching me." (Yeah... and we can pick it up next time? I'm good with a second session of this; it's been a lot of fun. ^_^) <@Taki> (I am so for that.) (Dito!) (Ditto) (My FFXI group could go on without me for another week, I'm sure.) When you get to college, you could just tell people you have a twin sister. It'd cover any slip ups. 01 [End here!]