Kiku, you just left the interrogation session. keika, you just got otu of the hospital. It's lunchtime. Where are you going? (Oh, and kiku, this is after your little "meeting"> (Right.) * Kiku was on her way home! REight, if you like keikia you cam meet her on thew way? And un uv dede deys eye'll lurn 2 typ. (Ha!) * Keika lurks in the hallway outside of Kiku's quarters... if you count sitting on a chair with a book in her lap as lurking anyway. Is kurasu readin the book for you? d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keika (d2) and gets 1. * Karasu is sitting on her shoulder and watching the people in the hall as she runs her fingers over the raised dots on each page. Oh, braille. (Yep) Krasu, you see Kiku get out of the car and head to her quarters. * Kiku seems very happy. She's carrying a small object that you might not be able to make out. * Karasu turns its head to watch Kiku walk up and Keika closes her book. (hmm, Karasu can make out a man sized object at 20 KM, I think he can see what you're holding.) (Well, then, It's a card!) (Credit-card-y.) * Keika sits still and waits for her to come closer. * Kiku comes closer. She's whistling something j-popy. * Kiku sees Keika, and waves her turtle at Keika, saying a bit cheerily, "Hi, Keika." Hello Kiku, there are a few things that I want to talk to you about. Over lunch perhaps? * Kiku blinks. "Oh!" She pauses, then adds, "I didn't realize it was lunch time." * Keika stands up, "Buisy morning?" * Kiku nods a little. "They let me out, and then I sorta collapsed. Then I had to do..." she trails off, then says, "Um, well, we can talk about it over lunch!" * Keika doesn't show any surprise, "Of course, but if you've collapsed... shall I have the mess run something to your room?" * Kiku shakes her head and waves her hands. "Oh, no, that was yesterday. Then I got a good night's sleep. I feel better today." She glances away slightly at 'feel better', then goes back to smiling. (As a note. Karasu can tell Kiku's been crying.) (so the GM is telling me) (Heh.) * Karasu chirps. * Kiku looks up at Keika, and adds, "Not that I don't like being lazy. I love being lazy. But it's not necessary..." In that case... we will go out as soon as you "freshin up" it seem's they've been working you hard while I was stuck. What kind of an idiot puts a nuke on a comunicator when they could just throw it at us. (...Gah, I started typing that before you spoke) (and question mark at the end of it ^^;) * Kiku looks away. "I don't know... do I really need to freshen up?" * Keika points a finger at Karasu, "He says so, and I'm inclined to take his word for things." Otherwise I'd be constantly walking into things. * Kiku looks up at Karasu and giggles a little, then nods. "Okay. I'll freshen up if you say so, Karasu," she says, the last part in a teasing sing-song. * Karasu bobs it's head and chirps again. He says so. * Kiku nods, and slips by, going into her room. * Keika grins slightly and sits back down and opens her book again. Then she spend a bit trying to find her page again because she forgot to bookmark it. As you go in, you realize you want a really nice, big lunch. You are hungry as all get out. Thje base directory is sitting on your counter. * Kiku rubs her stomach and says, "Yes, yes, I'm working on it!" (Well, Katsu's on duty, so I can't call him. What's the directory implication? Delivery?) Restaurants. (They have other resturants on base?) (Neat.) (I think most bases do, but in this centry I think they're mostly fast food.) You do ntocie an italian place, a Chinese place, and a steakhouse. * Kiku does! Her stomach rumbles again, as she thinks about how iffy breakfast was. * Kiku mentally notes them down, then goes into the bathroom and looks at her face, before splashing herself with water and quickly applying the very minimal level of makeup that she wears. * Keika turn the page. * Kiku takes a breath and rubs a finger along one of her cheekbones, then comes out of her room with a little smile. And the plush. And the credit card-looking thing. * Keika puts a scrap of paper into the book and pockets it as she stands up, "Well, Karasu? She presentable yet?" * Karasu looks at Kiku to check! Kiku looks fine. * Karasu chirps again, higher pitched than the last ones. Good, now let's go terrorize the officers mess, I can hear your stomach growling from here. * Kiku shakes her head. "Nuh-uh! I have a better idea." * Kiku holds up her credit card-like thing as if it were an Item of Power. "We're going to a resturant!" * Keika snorts, "I'm glad to know at least one of us is getting paid at least. Lead on." (Cue rising sun, shiny background, etc, etc. *cough*) ( *gets dazzled by the SFX!) * Kiku ignores Keika's sarcasm and says, cheerily, "Do we want italian, chinese, or steak?" Hmm... Steak sounds good, it's been a long time since I've had any. (We'll need to get a driver to take us there, ne?) (Unless you want to take Hirameku, yes) (and it only seats one comfortably) * Kiku nods. "Me too. Okay! To get steak." She starts the walk back outside. She starts whistling again. * Keika follows her, "...What exactly is that song you've been whistling?" Oh? Um... it's... * Kiku frowns slightly, and says, "I don't know the title." * Keika tilts her head up slightly, "Never mind then. The steak you mentioned, is this the place on base or are we going into the city?" * Kiku shakes her head. "It's on the base. We have to get passes to go off the base. And the major is busy." ... It's almost comforting to be reminded that there are stupid thing on our side as well. * Kiku quirks her head and looks back a little at Keika, before emerging into the bright outside light! Which does not cause her to melt. "Huh?" * Karasu looks around for transport. Confining us to the base, while usefull I suppose for making sure we're near our mechs, is a pain in the ass when I want to go do something that doesn't involve killing things or being in uniform. * Kiku nods a little. "Yeah." She sighs. "I wanted to go shopping. I want a real dress." * Keika sounds slightly amused, "We will go badger the major after we get something inside of you, but first we have to get there." At that particular moment one of the seemingly endless number of jeeps that roam the base poulls up. "Afternoon, ma'ams. Need a lift?" * Karasu looks the jeep over. * Kiku climbs in and says, "Yes we do!" Yes, take us to the steakhouse. * Keika climbs into the jeep and takes a seat. 'Moros\boshi's? Too rich for a private's bllod, but I;m sure you officers can afford it. I'll take you right there." Rank does have privleges. Soon you;re zoioming around the base to the outskirts. After about ten minutes you pull up to a nice-looking building. "Here you go, ma'ams. Just call the motor pool when you need a ride back." I shall. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6) and gets 11. (Aww.) * Keika climbs back out of the jeep. * Kiku gets out and waves at the man. "Bye!" The man aslutes and drives off. YUou are greeted at the door by, of all people, the proproetiro, a handsome chef who introduces himself as Gendo Moroboshi. You ntocie he has been issued oine of the skullcaps. * Kiku smiles at the man. Not very much though. She gives the skullcap a funny glance. (It's Gendo. *pimpmusic*) * Karasu looks at him while Keika speaks, "Table for two." "Oh, this? After the big die-off of the officer's corps, they decided they didn;t want the enemy forcing people to do things against their will, like posinoning piltos like yourslef. So all the staff was issues these protectors." * Kiku says, in a not-so-enthusiastic voice, "Well, that makes sense..." One less thing to worry about, all of your assitants as well then? "No trouble at all, ma'ams. We're not usually that busy for lunch. In fact, we probably won't pull out of our lull until all the new officers get their first paychecks tomorrow. I already have more reservations for tomorrow night than I;'ve had the last three weeks combined." "everyone who handles food is protected against mind control." Gendo shows you to a table. he also hands you menus. (But is he going to be polite and pull our chairs out for us or has that died out in the future? :P) he'll do that. * Keika puts a hand on the back of her chair before she sits down and accepts one of the menues, "Thank you." * Kiku smiles a little at the man and takes a seat, then looks over the menu. An interesting thing about the table is that in the center there is a grill. If you;ve ever been to a benihana's., this is like that. * Keika holds hers up for Karasu to read. Kurasu likes the idea of the surf & turf, even though he won;tbe the one eating it. * Kiku looks at her menu and sighs a little. "I haven't had anything like this in forever." * Keika lowers the menue so that Karasu can see the grill, "Not since the last good prise, and this time I won't have to beat somebody else into cooking it for me." * Keika and Karasu both turn their heads twords Gendo, "If you would, I'd like the Surf & Turf." "Excellent choice, and you ma'am?" * Kiku looks over at Keika funny, then looks at Gendo. "Um... filet mignon. Yes." "Splendid. how big?" Oh, um... eight ounces. (She says, not knowing the equivalent metric measure.) "Good. I'll be right back to prepare your meals." * Keika holds up her menue for him to take. Gendo leaves and comes back with food. he then starts setting out stuff in front of and on the grill and proceeds to put on a dazzling culinary show. After having taken the menus. thirty muintes later, your plates are inb front of you and gendo has left. * Keika sits back in her chair, but Karasu seems facinatied by the show. (and move that up in the logs? ^^;) * Kiku watches the show with an entertained look, at least, although maybe it's not as entertained as it could be. * Kiku looks down at the plate and smiles a little. "Mmm..." * Keika reaches for her napkin, "I belive this was more than worth the wait, don't you?" The food is, of course, excellent. * Kiku nods a little. "It is." The sides are good too. But not much more, so I'll wait untill after I can't hear your stomach rumbling. * Keika takes knife and fork in hand and starts in on the lobster, which is of course excellent. * Kiku laughs a little, then eats herself. ( SOunds awfully flexible ) (... Yes it does.) ( her poor toes! ;_;) (unless you want to realy H-parse that in which case...) Down, boys. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Have a little bad." (... this is just not my day for empathy.) * Kiku gets most of the way through the food, then starts to look at it oddly, and sets her utensils down for a second. * Keika eats and eats some more, but not haistily, and eventualy she breaks the silence, "Feeling better now?" I was feeling okay before. * Kiku sighs, and looks at the food. "It looked okay before, but now it looks funny." That's not what I me... * Karasu 's head snaps around from whatever it was looking at and he looks at Kiku's food. Funny how? (-he, + it) * Kiku looks over at Keika for a second, then waves her hands. "No, no, nothing that funny!" The food was delicious, but the flavor seemed a little alien to aport of you. There;s still plenty of the steal left if you want to finish it. steak. * Keika relaxes a bit and Karasu looks across at Kiku's face, "All right then, I admit it's a little different, but I usualy don't get to eat this class of food." (there's always more to steal) * Kiku shakes her head and opens her mouth, then just says, "It's nothing, really." She rubs her stomach and smiles at Keika. So, um, I was going to tell you about this morning, wasn't I? Make a Mind Shield roll. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keika (2d6) and gets 9. (missed a pure soul roll by 1) 2d6+1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6+1) and gets 11. (... Oy.) (Er. Should have been a -1. But I still missed it.) (Tim stole all the luck from dicy for the next month or so @_@) If you want to, what I was waiting to ask you about is a fair bit older and longer than just this morning. * Kiku nods a little. "Um... okay, then." * Kiku licks her lips, then says, "So what did you want to ask, Keika?" * Keika drinks... uhm... water yeah. (as RDM totaly blanks on what would go well with lobster and steak) (Ha.) Well, as you may, or may not know... I have a bit of a reputation and Hirameku has one all of her own. Over the years both of them have been blown so far out of porportion that there is little left of the truth. When I first met you I assumed the same was even more true of you, but you've sobered up nicely. And as it seems the Slythe all have mind powers of some sort, and you being the only person I know of who also has them... What can you (Lost you after 'What can you.') (Dang it! "What can you tell me?") * Kiku blinks. "You mean... about before?" * Kiku starts to look nervous. Before, now, the future. What can you do? And what do you think they can do? I know the can kill hundreds, but so can I. It just takes longer. But not as some would have you belive by taking off my blindfold and looking them in the eye. * Kiku grabs up her turtle, then stares. "You can kill people by looking at--oh, you mean you can't." It would make life so much easier if I could, but we've all got limits. * Kiku giggles a little, then kneads the turtle a little. "Well, um... I can... feel people. And sorta read minds. And... um... pilot Hikari. Oh, and break things a little." Kiku, make a Mind Shield roll. 2d6-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6-1) and gets 10. (... Good GOD.) (Damn it Tim learn to share!) * Kiku trails off after what she says. * Keika nods slightly, "So, nobody else could pilot her?" * Kiku looks nervous, and squeezes the plush. "I, um... think so." I never was anyone else to try, see. * Kiku laughs nervously at the little joke. * Keika smirks slightly at that, "Of course not." But as things are, you arn't strong enough to play the same tricks on our blue skinned friends as they can on us right? Um, well... On just a few of them at a time then? Kiku, I;'ll let you make a Mind roll now. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6) and gets 8. (Bare success.) 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keika (2d6) and gets 6. * Keika seems distracted for a moment and then shakes her head. * Kiku mms softly, then says, still with a hint of nervousness, "I... might be able to do some of their tricks." * Keika smiles at Kiku, "That will come in handy if we ever get into trouble when Hirameku's to far away for me to call her." * Kiku smiles a little, "Maybe. It's.. I don't know." She pauses, the says quickly, "We interviewed the Slythe today." Now, besides the ones we've seen, and without admiting to any of them that you don't want to, the last part of my question. What do you think they can do? * Karasu has been sitting on Keika's shoulder for most of this and faithfully watching Kiku, but now it's gone back to it's usual mode of looking around and at shiney or moving things. * Kiku thinks for a second, then says, quietly, "A lot." They can break shields, and do mindkills, and... * Karasu looks at Kiku again. * Kiku trembles a little, then looks up at Keika. "They can do a lot." Any idea on how close they have to be? It... um, sorta depends. But I wouldn't let any of them look at you. * Keika nods and finishes her glass of water in one swig, "Thank you." * Keika calls out somewhat loudly, "Could I get another glass of water?" Gendo walks up with a pticher and refills your glass. "Don;t worry about money," he says. "I heard how you saved us a few times already with yoru piloting. Your meal is on the house." * Kiku pouts a little. "And here I had money, too!" It's more for that dress you wanted. But I may have to spend mine on one of thoes shields... how well do they work? 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Looks like your thread just got cut. Sorry." (... God! I can't make a roll today. That was empathy.) * Kiku looks at Keika for a second, then rubs her head, "They... um, work, yes." I take it you've tried then? * Keika holds out a hand to Gendo, "May I?" "I"ll go get one of our spares. Just a moment." Of course, thank you. He conmes back a few minutes later with a spare protector. "Now remember -- I'm going to have to clean thus afterwards. it;s very impotant to keep these clean." * Keika accepts it and holds it up to Karasu to look at, "Do you know how this works Kiku?" (actualy change that to * Keika stands to accept it) * Kiku looks at it and shakes her head. "All I know is that I can't think through it." I think K... Kei would call them psychic signals. * Keika turns it over in her hands, "Hmm... they've got the collors too... and they work one way. Would you mind trying something for me Kiku?" * Kiku ums, then smiles a little. "I can try something, maybe, sure." * Keika takes a few quick steps around the table and tries to put the shield on Kiku's head, "Tell me what I'm thinking." * Kiku gets the shield put on her head. Kiku, make a telepahty roll with a +8(!) modifier. 2d6+8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Kiku (2d6+8) and gets 17. (No way.) (impressive) Kiku, you get nothing but static sand a blazing headache. * Kiku looks at Keika for a second, then shakes her head and clutches the turtle tightly. She says in a weak voice, "Take it off, take it off, please take it off." * Keika pulls it back off just as quickly as she put it on, "Sorry about that." The headache starts to ebb as your body returns to normal. * Kiku takes a deep breath. "I do not like those things, Keika. I don't like them at all." * Keika holds it out for Gendo, "I can imagine. That was not what I was hoping would happen, but I should have expected it. If there is anything you need from me, just ask." * Kiku chuckles a little. "Um... well, if I think of something, I'll tell you." Gendo takes the shield. "Thank you. let me get you some water and headache medicine, ma'am." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keika (2d6-3) and gets 2. * Kiku smiles at Gendo. "Thanks." * Keika reaches over and puts a hand on Kiku's shoulder, "I... am sorry." She seems unsure of herself. * Kiku looks up at Keika and smiles at her. "Thanks." gendo comes back and truens woth a refil for your water and a pair of white pills. Er... don't mention it... in fact, never mention it. I've got a reputation as a cold hearted killer to keep up you know. * Kiku blinks. "Why would you want a reputation as a killer?" * Keika grins down at Kiku, "Because, if somebody told you that the Shiningami of the Sea Fangs had just ordered you to surrender or die, you'd be far more likly to give up than if it was Keika and a couple of other people you'd never heard of out there." * Kiku pales slightly, then laughs. "I don't know what you're talking about, but I was sure scared of Keika." * Keika walks back to her side of the table, "See? So much simpler when people are afraid of me, and now I've gone and screwed it all up with you, so I'm going to trust the both of you to keep it secret... otherwise I'm going to have to start all over again with the killing and I just got a pardonded for doing it the first time around." * Kiku blinks a few times. * Keika sits down and waits for them to work it out. OK, is there anything else we need to take care of before you finish lkuinch and go about your day? * Kiku smiles at Keika. "I can keep a secret, I think." (No, I've done what I set out to do.) Good, good. * Karasu looks at Gendo. And you? (Well that one question ^^;) (I'll assume that Gendo said something simialar... and I should have rolled intimidation there. ^^;) (Heh.) (Session end?) [END]