[Day: Tuesday, January 13, 2004 (Maine) / Wednesday, January 14, 2004 (Japan). Evening/Morning.] * Satoshi is working on assignments that evening and checks his chat window. Katie's status is listed as Online, so he sends her a message. Hey, question. [A solid ten or more minutes goes by; Katie might be online, but she isn't responding right away. Still, she does eventually.] ? Did you guys run into Wataru yesterday? Err, Monday. Coming of Age Day. Why am I having so much trouble with time zones this semester? idk. Yeah, we did. He told you? I think maybe I left part of my brain in Japan. If you find it, can you please mail it to me? And yeah. We were talking about Coming of Age Day stuff and he mentioned you. Sure and I'll let you know early. But shipping and handling would cost a lot because hazardous & delicate materials. Probably want to hire a courier. You & Wataru talk more than I thought. What did he say? I'll pay it. Worth having a full brain again. And yeah, I guess we just hit it off? It's easy for me to talk with him... which I am getting the impression that I am the outlier here. ^^; yeah? He's got that weird animosity towards Kyon, his meeting with Kaede went all right but Kaede was being Kaede, I think he and Haruko might be getting along... Haruko and Kaede. They're two of my closest friends. And they're civil enough towards each other that they can work together. But they're probably never going to be each other's friends. It is stupid and naive to expect that all your friends are going to be friends, too. History + personality, yeah. And that's... that's the direction I can see things going here. And I don't really want that. But there's not that much I can do because I'm not there. And e-mails and chats and things like that can only do so much. And I worry that I'm either meddling too much or not doing enough at all. idk satoshi. I mean I tried to be open with him at the Tower but Kyon was there + Masaru showed up. And he was very cagey. I know he's your friend and you guys talk more than I thought so I don't want you to feel bad. But he was. I can't help him if he doesn't show me where to start. I think the whole Tower thing completely freaked him out. And... yeah. I completely believe you about how you say he's acting around you. It's just... really different from how he's been with me. Common interests help. I mean, hockey was a good icebrea... I'm not even finishing that sentence. But he's actually got a sense of humor. Ok. Well almost everyone has that. but I asked him about the paintbrush. He knew I saw it & he still wouldn't tell me. Makes me nervous. Yeah, but it's more like your sense of humor, rather than Haruko and Kaede's. oh the good kind. Exactly. And, well, you guys probably have a lot of things you could talk about. I just... I don't know. If I were there I could be in the same room as both of you. But I'm not. So I can't. Not your fault. I know. I just... you know Taki thought I chose this school so I could get away? ? I thought you did too. How did I manage to not tell her that I'd been thinking of going to play hockey in America in the time we were together... wait, I *never* told you? I really didn't tell you? I could have sworn I did. Satoshi. Like, way, way back when... we were talking about hockey stuff. I remember but We didn't talk for a long time remember? What happened changed a lot for people, including plans. ...yeah. I guess... I talked about it more with Kaede and Haruko. I'm sorry. It's done. About Wataru: he liked you a lot since the beginning & you also met him alone. Both probably helped. Possibly that crush he has or had on you, which is kind of interesting because usually people get intimidated by crushes like that but Wataru isn't most people I don't think. Yeah. And, well, I guess I'm not intimidating? lol Not to him. He said he was going to meet up with you and Haruko. Which is good, I think. Haruko's had the best encounter with him so far aside from me, and... well... he's got this weird animosity towards Kyon. I have no idea what's up with that. idk either tbh. I mean Kyon is kind of an asshole but he doesn't share the same with Wataru. At least with Kyon + Kaede it was mostly mutual. Oh god, Kaede and Kyon. Am I still the only guy who can get along with all the other male Arcana in this group? I think I might be. Assuming Wataru counts as "in this group" now. I think he might. ...I'd like him to. But there's only so much I can do there. He's going to have to put forth some effort on his end, too. It is and that's annoying. I feel like he wants to receive without giving. When we ran into him on Coming of Age Day... he literally ran into Kyon & it's kind of funny after the fact... he was really worried & panicked. I thought maybe, you know? Maybe...? Arcana. Maybe something happened. & also he kept lying. He was more scared than I saw him before & that was Arcana. So I told him to knock it off because this is more important, & then he chewed me out which was probably stress & fear talking. Weird. Did you pick up what he was so upset about? Yeah I overheard the conversation. It turned out to be nothing. May I ask what it was? Something about his internet bill. ...wow, okay. Hm... has he ever encountered you without Kyon around? no but I don't think he likes me either. I wanted to talk to him by myself but Kyon pointed out it's not a good idea. He's right. Haruko's a pretty good mediator in this case. If nothing else she can distract him by talking about that anime series they both really like. The one with all the roses. And then we get nothing done. ...yeah, I know. It's just frustrating for me. Because I want to help and I'm not sure that I can? Or maybe I'm making things worse? I don't know. I understand. If you could get him to trust us that would be fine. He doesn't so I don't want to trust him back. Or if he only trusts you then that's okay enough I guess. Working on it. The trusting you guys thing, that is. He already seems to trust me. Yeah. Thing is, though.... he needs more perspectives than just mine. I'm already somewhat removed as is. Not to mention, well... a lot of stuff I'm still coming to terms with. Yeah. * Katie types out something, then deletes it; types it again and then deletes that, too. It's better Satoshi doesn't know, she figures. So we'll do our best. That's all I can ask for, really. I apologized for snapping at him. Went a long way I guess but I don't think it'll last. I wasn't really sorry but I also didn't know he'd react that way. So I was sorry for that. He seemed more confused than anything else. He can be hard to predict. No shit. idk how you guys get along. * Satoshi types and deletes several responses. ...okay, every answer I was coming up with there sounded incredibly facetious. * Katie legitimately laughs when she sees that. Be facetious. Okay, well, being predisposed to like me probably didn't hurt. ...uh Hang on. ok. Someone's knocking. I am being besieged by Canadians. what tell them to take their mooses and get out of here. ...well, one Canadian. But he's got enough national pride for at least an entire province. He didn't bring a moose! What do I tell him if he doesn't bring a moose? Tell him he's a bad canadian and should come back with a moose. Good news: he laughed! Bad news: I am being drafted for an impromptu CWB Line meeting. It's a placeholder name until we can come up with something cooler. ...and by "we" I mean "Liam." CWB? Campbell/Watanabe/Bradley. Yeah needs a better name. If you have any suggestions send them along! But I can't hold him back any longer. Well, I could, but. Sure I'll think on it. Good luck at the meeting. Hope there's pizza. Thanks! Later! [End!]