Start of #MagicalGirls buffer: Fri Mar 04 05:51:54 2011 [18:05:06] [Last time, you overcame a bizarre wind-creature that threatened the existence of the Sound Institute karaoke club.] [18:05:32] [A few days have passed since then.] [18:05:44] [At lunch...] [18:07:05] [Session Start] [18:10:13] * Natsumi talks to a few other soccer club members, but looks a bit confused. [18:10:18] * Tetsuko is eating a boxed lunch, there's nothing unusual about that, what is a bit unusual about her today is that she's doing it while wearing the male version of the school uniform. It fits her better than the girls one did anyway. [18:10:46] * Maya is enjoying delicious home-made curry. It's good for you. And her, apparently, since she seems to be content for once instead of fidgety or inches from a minor breakdown [18:11:22] * Saede just finished a sale to some clients. She is extra pleased because she managed to get paid and get a few cheap shots in before they left. She forgets to eat. [18:11:53] * Emily is eating a cucumber sandwich as she finishes her morning's paperwork someplace fairly far away from the cafeteria [18:13:31] * Yon is now known as Suzu [18:15:52] * Natsumi approaches Saede. "Hey. Does anything seem different to you today?" [18:16:09] * Mika looks over to Maya and asks her various questions about how it's cooked. [18:17:57] * Saede looks up from her lounging. She blinks at her. "How do you mean?" [18:18:13] Say, do you happen to have any food on you? I'm hungry. [18:18:54] Well... [18:19:27] * Maya busts into a nice, well-educated speech about the merits of actual Indian curry powder, and her dislike for sweet currys. That, and something about coconut milk. It's a bit complicated. [18:20:01] I guess I've got a half-bottle of Morning Rescue. And what I mean is ... well, nothing in particular. Just making sure we don't get the rug pulled out from under us again. [18:21:24] Coconut milk, huh... [18:22:07] * Natsumi looks to Tetsuko. "What about you?" [18:22:48] * Tetsuko shrugs. "I couldn't find where I left my uniform, but that's normal." [18:22:57] * Saede invites herself to Natsumi's backpack and starts rummaging around for it. "Ah." [18:23:24] * Suzu is at her usual table, chatting with her friends. She looks vaguely dissatisfied with her salad. [18:23:47] Coconut milk. Kinda hard to get, though. [18:24:17] * Saede chugs loudly and licks her lips. [18:24:23] Now that you mention it though... [18:25:06] * Saede takes her pocket watch out and plays with it a little. Though always appearing slack and lazy, her fingers are remarkably nimble. [18:25:13] Something seems a bit... off [18:27:02] Like... what? [18:27:50] * Saede attempts to balance the watch on her nose. She fails. She talks as she ambles after it. [18:27:55] * Tetsuko looks at Saede. "Are other people missing things too?" [18:28:01] Why do they call it milk, anyway? [18:28:25] For coconuts, that is [18:28:27] I... am no sure. Just the color, I guess? It's really just water and nutrients. [18:28:29] Why not juice? [18:29:36] There's coconut juice. It's gross [18:29:46] * Maya tries to consider that. "I... don't... know." [18:29:58] * Saede looks at Tetsuko. "Also, I'm not sure how to say exactly." [18:30:06] So... coconuts have both milk and juice... ? [18:30:22] But ever since we fought that thing in... Untime, or wherever... or WHENever you want to call it [18:30:47] I can't quite put my finger on it, but even if we were supposed to have fixed time... [18:30:58] It may not be all the way fixed? Like gluing a broken vase together [18:30:59] * Suzu sneaks a glance at Mika and Maya as she eats. [18:31:17] The cracks will still be there [18:31:27] * Mika looks back ta Suzu and gives her a weak wave. [18:31:59] * Tetsuko shrugs again and goes back to her boxed lunch. [18:32:04] * Maya waves as well, all smiles. [18:32:50] * Saede gestures with her chin towards Suzu. "You should invite Miss Fancy Pants over here," she tells Maya. "Then we could all talk about this together." [18:33:20] * Suzu smiles a bit awkwardly, and returns to her lunch. [18:33:25] * Emily finishes her paperwork and sends an email to Suzu's phone. "Ms. Yoshida, work is over. Would you care to meet somewhere? Perhaps sandwiches? Sincerely, Lady Emily Chamberlain." [18:33:54] * Suzu's friends continue chatting about nothing or other [18:35:11] Ah. Maybe you wound up in the wrong universe. That might be why everything seems off. [18:36:32] * Saede grins widely. "Heh!" [18:40:35] * Suzu checks her phone, and quickly sends a mail back. "That sounds good, but I don't think I have enough time, class is starting soon." [18:42:33] * Emily frowns, and responds. "Ms. Yoshida, of course! I forgot the difficulties your schedule imposes. Shall I make the trip there? Sincerely, Lady Emily Chamberlain." [18:46:21] Fancypants... I should use that name more often. [18:47:23] * Suzu blinks, considers for a moment, and replies. "Sure, why not?" [18:51:23] [Aafter school...] [18:53:55] * Saede looks and sees a familiar figure in the distance. [18:54:06] Oi. You guys, who does that look like to you? [18:54:47] It looks like our foreign friend is waiting for someone. Let's go say hi [18:55:34] * Tetsuko blinks. "Do you think they're waiting for you?" [18:55:54] Huh. That's good, I guess. Don't you think she's a little... weird, though? [18:56:13] * Suzu heads out to meet Emily after class is over. "Sorry to keep you waiting." [18:56:19] * Saede grins at Tetsuko. "No, but that's what makes it funny." [18:56:45] Ah. [18:56:58] * Saede and the rest get to the two just as they meet up. "Yo." [18:57:19] No worry at all, Suzu. Oh! Ms... [18:57:32] * Emily looks at Saede. "My apologies. I don't know your name." [18:57:41] * Suzu frowns. "What are you guys doing here? Did something happen?" [18:57:52] Saede. Torashi. [18:57:53] Hey, we just kinda saw her. [18:58:06] Also, Natsumi got a funny feeling in her little toe [18:58:08] I'm not sure. [18:58:14] We wondered if maybe you knew something about it [18:58:16] Uh... stuff? [18:58:30] Ms. Torashi. What a suprise. [18:58:36] * Maya has been mostly quiet. She's got that bad feeling, and hopes to not get sucked into another turbine anytime soon. [18:59:33] * Emily frowns. "Well, odds are, we may have changed history in some small way. By and large, we maintained it, but it's not clear to me that this is the timeline we left." [18:59:45] Some disorientation might be expected in that scenario. [19:00:15] * Saede leans back, looking at Tetsuko from an awkward looking angle. "Score for sports girl." [19:01:13] That said, I'm hardly an expert on temporal mechanics. [19:01:24] And I doubt time cat would be able to offer a satisfactory explanation. [19:01:39] Satisfactory explanations rarely seem to be on Time Cat's agenda. [19:02:51] Shroe-Shroe's been awful quiet lately. You think he's got everything he's wanted from us? [19:02:53] * Suzu eyes Saede. "You know, if you want people to get YOUR name right..." [19:03:03] Which is to say, I might be entirely wrong, we might be in our home timeline, and any disorientation you feel probably comes from the fact that you used some form of untested technology to travel back to a cyst in time to engage in mortal combat with a parasitic robotic time-organism. [19:03:08] * Saede eyes her watch. "Never calls, never writes. Typical." [19:03:23] ... it ground me up. That hurt. [19:03:26] * Tetsuko rubs her head. "Maybe if you called him?" [19:05:51] I'm not sure how you made it through that. [19:06:19] Probably some sort of augmented endurance. I'd want to run tests if I knew where to start. [19:07:04] What kinda tests? [19:07:11] T-tests? [19:07:51] Well, if we knew our exact limits in a controlled scenario, that might prove safer when it comes to using it in the field. [19:07:53] Well, I did pick up that stop sign like it was nothing... [19:07:56] There are rules against beating up Maya. [19:09:00] I am fine with rules such as those! [19:10:06] * Emily frowns. "Come now, I'm not that kind of scientist." [19:10:23] I wouldn't even vivisect someone unless it was particularly necessary. [19:11:44] ... [19:11:52] * Maya hides behind someone. ANYONE. [19:12:11] Hey, she said "particularly necessary." [19:12:25] * Suzu laughs. "She's kidding, Maya. Nobody's going to cut you open." [19:13:00] * Saede looks behind her at Maya. "If you're scared, just bean her with that impressive book you had in Untime." [19:13:28] Well, nobody present, at least. But I think we should definitely make not getting cut open an action item for all of us. [19:13:51] It's still against the rules to intentionally harm anystudents. [19:14:46] We'll have to remind the next parasite we meet, then. [19:14:46] * Saede chuckles. "She's right. I should know. You could say I've tested it before myself." [19:16:11] * The pocketwatches ping. [19:16:35] * Emily looks thoughtful. "Assuming we can assign agency to them. They might be higher-dimensional entities. Or fingers of a single higher-dimensional entity. Either way- Oh, terrific." [19:16:40] * Saede mock gasps. "He DOES care!" [19:17:17] * Tetsuko takes hers out. [19:17:19] * Emily reaches in her satchel and produces her pocket watch, flipping it open. "Schroedinger?" [19:18:40] Greetings. [19:18:48] * Maya looks to hers. "... kitty-thing!" [19:18:59] You do exist after all! [19:20:19] * Suzu pops her watch open. "What is it this time?" [19:21:35] That I do. I've come to give you a word of advice. [19:21:55] * Saede looks into hers. "How does a cat hold onto a communicator watch anyway?" [19:22:19] I'm not using one. [19:22:21] (Give it back. It doesn't even fit.) [19:22:42] Ah. That makes more sense. [19:23:49] Fair enough. Speak your piece, o wise catness [19:25:37] In any case. In one year, elsewhere, a disturbance will have a ripple effect that will make things so that as of tomorrow, there will have been an echo sometime today. [19:26:39] * Saede looks up and at Emily. "Boy, he makes YOU sound like you make more sense." [19:27:20] Should we look for tomorrow's echo or the event in one year? [19:27:22] * Emily frowns. "It's perfectly normal time travel phenomena. There will has been being a disturbance that we have to deal with." [19:27:40] * Natsumi shrugs. "I just kick them." [19:28:04] I guess it's just nice to get some notice for a change. A girl has a business to run [19:28:14] So.... something happens that comes back to mess with our today. [19:29:43] * Emily nods. "Is there a place we're looking at, or will we just come across the echo?" [19:29:47] * Suzu glares at the watch. "You enjoy being cryptic, don't you." [19:30:07] I am being as clear as I possibly can be. [19:31:06] If I were to say that "A ball bounced off the wall, hit the TV, and rolled next to the shoe.", you would think that was perfectly clear. [19:31:30] And now you are upset when I say a ball bounced off of one year from now, hit tomorrow, and rolled next to today. [19:32:01] Next year being next to today is different. [19:32:41] Look, if 1 out of 6 people understand what a cat is saying, I think we ought to take a couple of things into our own hands [19:33:26] Where did the disturbance stop rolling, Schroedinger? [19:33:41] Perhaps I should get striaght to the point instead of attempting to enlighten you as to the hows and whys. [19:34:18] Well, I think I get it... [19:35:24] This is fascinating. I want to know everything about it. But perhaps that would be best. [19:35:42] * Suzu rolls her eyes. "Yeah, yeah, do that, instead of getting smug about us not being able to translate time cat." [19:36:22] The "ball" is going to, roughly halfway thorugh 5:38 your time, is going to smash into a certain newspaper dispenser. I rarely get advance warning, so this is a rare opportunity. Ensure that at that moment, no newspapers are within. And after that moment, place the newspapers back in. [19:37:05] There may be authority figures around. Though it is of no consequence to the timeline whatsoever, you may wish for this not to be remembered or a cause for concern. [19:37:34] * Tetsuko nods. "Can we just buy all the newspapers?" [19:37:55] We could! [19:37:57] Authority figures. Can't say I like the sounds of that [19:38:31] * Suzu frowns. "So, we're trying to prevent the newspaper from predicting the future this time? Is that what's going on?" [19:40:01] This is how it will look to an outside observer. You remove the newspapers, all of them. Then put them back in. Optionally, you may try to preserve your reputation as a person of sound mind. [19:40:46] Those of us that have such a reputation, that is. [19:40:54] If this isn't done, then tomorrow, events will have changed today, then you will have to go back and eliminate the disturbance instead of letting it pass through harmlessly. [19:41:58] * Emily nods. "What happens when the disturbance comes to rest? So far, they've both seemed like significant potential problems." [19:42:45] * Emily begins calling in a car from her home. [19:43:03] Wait, so we're not just trying to cover up the newspaper thing? The newspaper dispenser is what we're protecting? That's it? [19:43:10] That particular tendril will have exhausted its energy and finally come to a stop in approximately eight billion years. [19:43:39] The papers, not the dispenser. I've made this quite clear and obvious. Is my language confusing? [19:43:58] ... That would be a lot of winding to get back to. How many papers? [19:44:04] * Saede shrugs. "Shouldn't be too hard. There are six of us and only one newspaper stand. Five of us ought to be able to come up with a good distraction." [19:44:28] We really ought to settle on a place to get together for these things. [19:44:35] * Suzu scowls. "I'm just trying to clarify, here. This isn't just about the newspaper that 'predicts the future', right?" [19:45:05] That displaced stand is a useful resource. [19:46:43] * Emily nods. "Very well then. We should make our way, then." [19:47:47] * Saede eyes the thing that just arrives. "Nice car." [19:48:01] The stand itself. Hm. Well... we should be able to handle this without dying, I hope. [19:48:17] Of course. [19:49:41] * Emily opens the door to her limousine and ducks inside. Inside are a few bench seats arrayed around the center, a small bar, and a table whose surface seems to be a large screen. [19:51:43] * Saede whistles as she climbs inside. "VERY nice car. You're not too bad, Em." [19:52:00] Woah. This is pretty great!" [19:52:11] ... I don't think I've ever seen a table in a car before. [19:52:51] Where else would I place my drinks? [19:52:55] Well, airplanes hve those tables in the chairs in front of you. I always kinda wish cars had those. [19:53:09] * Suzu hops in. "I can't imagine how weird it's going to look for six girls to get out of a limo and just converge on a newspaper dispenser." [19:53:20] * Emily nods at Saede. "I do what I can with what's alloted to me." [19:53:23] Distracting? [19:53:42] * Maya climbs in as well. "This is... alright." [19:53:47] It might be best for us to disembark a ways away. [19:53:59] Well, Shroe did say looking sane was optional [19:54:52] ( Not contained in this session: A time rewrite where Emily's limo is replaced with a white windowless van ) [19:56:44] [Before too long, you arrive at the newspapers that tell the future. You have five minutes before the disturbance.] [19:57:01] Optional for you, maybe. [19:57:46] * Saede grins. [19:57:57] * Tetsuko gets out of the car and looks around for the newspapers they're supposed to move. [19:58:19] * Saede rolls the window down on her side and peers out to see who these 'authority figures' are. [19:58:48] * Maya can't help but look around as well. [19:59:39] * A policeman seems to be on his way over. He doesn't seem to have any particular urgency about him. [20:00:10] We've got five minutes. Unless someone thinks of someone better, I'm going to assume it's Emergency Time [20:00:27] * Saede pulls what looks like a flu mask from her pocket and puts it on, calmly. [20:00:42] * Saede speaks to Emily. "Tell whoever is driving this thing to leave the engine running." [20:00:52] ... do I wanna know what you're going to do? [20:01:06] * Saede grins. [20:01:19] * Emily nods. "They know." [20:03:28] I imagine it might be relatively easy for each of us to buy several over the course of the next few minutes. [20:03:52] * Emily climbs out of the car, feeds the news box some money, and takes a paper, bringing it back to the car. [20:05:13] * Tetsuko takes out her wallet and checks to see how many papers she could buy anyway. [20:05:45] * Maya looks at her own funds. "Hm..." [20:08:47] * As you start to work at this, you suddenly hear the screech of brakes off in the distance. [20:09:53] * Tetsuko looks up from discovering that she only put in enough money to buy a lunch anyway. [20:09:59] * Emily frowns, getting out of the car again and buying as many papers as she can carry. One at a time, of course, so that she's not stealing. [20:10:44] * Saede looks at Maya. "I can give you a loaner." [20:10:59] * Saede fingers something inside her bag. [20:11:12] I should be fine, but... something's coming. [20:11:21] * Maya starts to get out as well, warily. [20:11:58] * Saede pulls her hand out. On the end is a bike chain. [20:12:12] * Suzu starts to get out. "...anyone else hear that? I've got a bad feeling that the colission is literal." [20:13:00] ... But then we wouldn't be able to put the papers back. [20:14:09] * Emily brings her papers back to the car and stacks them up on the small table, then heads back out. By god, she's going to legitimately buy very last newspaper. [20:14:35] * Saede glances at her phone to see how much time they have left. [20:14:38] * A large white van comes screeching down the road. The driver looks panicked. A fellow student near you is crossing hte street. The police officer looks up. [20:15:18] * Saede looks up alertly. "Uh, guys-" [20:15:37] * Emily frowns and drops the papers, sprinting to tackle the student out of the way of the van. [20:16:20] * Maya sees the girl trying to cross, and almost gets a grip on her wrist, trying to pull her back. Emily seems to beat her to the punch, so she stumbles. Poor klutz. [20:16:52] * Tetsuko puts in the money she has and steals the rest of the papers. [20:17:20] * Saede leaps onto the papers on the table and grabs them, leaping out as well in out bound. [20:17:50] * Saede meets Tetsuko halfway and grabs the papers she's carrying too. [20:18:02] * Saede makes for the dispenser. [20:18:04] * Suzu just hits the deck, seeing as the papers and student seem to be protected. [20:18:10] (NEED A TELEPOHTA HEAH) [20:18:14] (NEED A TELEPOHTA HEAH) [20:18:15] (NEED A TELEPOHTA HEAH) [20:18:32] (That van's a spah) [20:18:55] * Saede puts in her own coin, opens the case and shoves the papers inside. [20:20:20] * The van blasts right through the crossing, quickly tipping over and skidding across the street before coming to a halt. The driver is hurled out. The police officer rushes for the guy. The wheels on the van continue to spin uselessly in the air, and the engine is still on. [20:21:47] * Tetsuko isn't holding any papers anymore. "That seems unsafe." [20:22:36] * The police officer stands over the driver. There's a pretty nasty heat coming off of the van. The student is in shock. [20:23:10] * Saede looks up. "This isn't good." [20:23:31] This has to be the event. I just knot it. It's... there's no such thing as coincidence! [20:23:54] Is it over or not? [20:24:12] * Emily helps the student up, leading them away from the wreck and leaning them against a wall. [20:24:41] It's possible. But if it's not, this is outside of our jurisdiction. [20:25:26] ... So the newspapers are safe now? [20:26:21] Who cares about the... No, this is ridiculous. [20:27:24] * The officer drags the driver away. The air around the van is starting to distort from heat [20:27:38] * Suzu picks herself up off the ground. "Oh hell." [20:27:46] * Emily checks her watch to see if it's time to put the papers back, then thinks better. "Oh my." [20:27:51] Ah... hm. [20:27:59] * Emily takes a step back while looking through the watch [20:28:06] * Saede flips her watch open. [20:28:27] * Tetsuko opens her watch and transforms, as her normal sword just won't cut it. [20:30:02] [For an instant, time stops. What happens in that instant?] [20:30:07] * Suzu takes a step back. "I thought that vehicles WEREN'T supposed to catch fire and explode when they crash." [20:31:23] (Is that a question to all of us?) [20:31:43] ( Well, just those who transform, I suppose. Though first... ) [20:31:52] * Saede spits out her transforming words, her body silhouetted and outlined momentarily by a bright white flash before being engulfed in dark blues and grays that resolve into her dress. The pick is in her hand. [20:32:28] Now the real fun starts [20:33:45] * Maya fumbles with her watch, and states what needs to be stated. She seems to break, like glass hit with a hammer, and the shards that fall away reveals the stately-dressed young lady who just so happens to have a gigantic metal-bound book all but bolted to her wrist with shackle and golden chain. "Heaven help us all." [20:34:16] * Suzu desperately clicks her watch, transforming at the last second. [20:35:16] * Maya them turns the book around, opening it to a page showing a mighty, raging river. The fact that said river seems to spill off the pages and towards the van shouldn't surprise anyone at this point. Then again... [20:35:18] * When you step into that instant in time, you see a 20something raven-haired beauty in a long white coat where there was none before. She's leaning against the wall next to the newspaper dispenser. [20:35:42] Ah, exscue me. It's not safe there. [20:36:10] * Saede is taken aback a moment, and then peers at the newcomer. "Yo." [20:36:38] Hi. [20:36:49] Ah... h-hi? Also, what in the hell did I just do?! [20:37:21] Oh, don't stop what you were doing on my account. [20:38:16] * Suzu takes a step back. "Wait, who're YOU?" She narrows her eyes. "Wait a second." She takes a couple more steps back. "You're one of those people Emily was talking about, aren't you." [20:38:20] * Emily clicks her watch just after Suzu does, and looks at the woman, somewhat suprised. "Fascinating. Whatever might you be doing in this instant?" Without waiting for the reply, she begins reloading the newspaper box, assuming that it's time to do so. [20:39:48] Oh, excuse me. I'm Chidori. Yamasaki Chidori. [20:40:00] * She bows and extends a card. [20:40:27] * Emily takes the card, examining it. [20:40:41] * Maya has a look as well! [20:41:20] * Saede examines the woman, cocking her head left and right. "That's not much of a getup." [20:41:27] * Saede glances at Emily. "But then again..." [20:42:41] ...seriously? [20:42:53] * Suzu cautiously takes a card, looking at it suspiciously. [20:43:24] [The card reads: Yamasaki Chidori. Magical Girl since *the date is hard to make out*. It contains her phone number and email address] [20:43:52] So... does this make you an ally, a rival, or worse? [20:44:14] I've already got a rival. There's no room for another. [20:44:24] * Suzu looks back up. "You've got to be kidding." [20:44:57] * Chidori smiles sadly. "An ally, I suppose. Though I don't know how much good I'll do." [20:45:16] * Emily blinks. "Aren't you more of a magical lady?" [20:45:28] Funny. Shroe-Shroe never mentioned anyone else [20:45:33] But then he never mentions much [20:45:42] And when he does I kind of wish he didn't [20:46:09] * Emily shakes her head. "Pardon my rudeness. It's a pleasure to meet someone who's been operating in this field longer than us." [20:46:17] I think he forgets he hasn't told us yet. [20:47:01] Forgets? He's totally doing it on purpose. [20:47:27] There's really only one job title, really. And he's been busy. He's... I don't know. If he has infinite things to do, and seemingly infinite time to do them... [20:48:06] Well, you aren't the only ones he's hired. Or the only versions of yourselves. [20:48:33] * Emily nods. "He mentioned several trillion others, which made me wonder about his selection criteria." [20:49:38] I WAS a little curious about that. The whole magical girl thing seemed kinda... convenient. [20:50:10] What a strange possible-kitty, then. [20:50:32] I'm not sure how he picks people either. [20:52:26] He's not really a cat, I'm pretty sure of that. [20:52:54] Ah, I haven't met any other talking cats, so I wouldn't know. [20:53:33] Hn. Then maybe you aren't really who you say you are either [20:53:37] * Maya (Darkheart@fl-67-235-219-180.dhcp.embarqhsd.net) Quit (Quit: ded) [20:53:39] * Emily nods. "I imagine that he's been using that guise for some reason. Probably couching this operation in early 21st century popular culture to avoid distressing the natives." [20:53:52] * Saede (Mads@68-115-25-151.dhcp.mdsn.wi.charter.com) Quit (Quit: ~ Trillian Astra - www.trillian.im ~) [20:54:54] Right on the dot. [20:56:04] * Suzu frowns. "So did he send you to deal with this too?" [20:56:42] Or do you just get better at predicting this as you spend more time in the game? [20:57:40] Nope. I came here of my own free will. He doesn't give me much work anymore. Not unless it's a job I'd be especially suited for. [20:58:43] Ah. [20:59:47] * Emily nods. "So, what prompted you to come here? It seems like an unusually low-key operation." [21:00:44] I just wanted to thank you for saving her. [21:01:58] If you tell me that you're her future self I think I'm going to...well, not scream, but I'll definitely get a headache. [21:02:41] Oh, no. [21:04:22] * Emily shrugs. "You're welcome, though it was hardly out of our way." [21:04:33] And it would have been rude to stand by and let a van hit her. [21:05:21] * Tetsuko nods. [21:05:58] Well, I guess you're welcome, but...why the interest, then? [21:06:13] She's my little sister, you see. [21:07:03] Ahh. Siblings are important. [21:07:17] * Emily smiles. "Quite so." [21:07:27] * Suzu folds her arms. "So why didn't YOU save her then?" [21:08:40] * She bites her lip. "And how, exactly, was I supposed to do that?" [21:09:28] * Tetsuko thinks about this. [21:10:35] Well, you could... shove her out of the way? Like what Emily just did? [21:11:01] Can't do that. [21:11:40] Why not? [21:11:48] * Emily pauses. "Are you stuck out of phase with time?" [21:12:51] That's a sensitive subject. I'm not sure I really want to talk about it. [21:13:10] Ahh. [21:14:12] That's too bad. [21:14:37] Pardon my prying, but I'm rather curious about what our position will entail. And what might happen in the future. [21:14:38] Aw, geez. I'm sorry to hear that. [21:15:22] * Suzu mutters "Time cat's got some explaining to do." [21:16:47] You'll fight monsters. Preserve possibilities. Even create new ones. Explore mysteries. Learn so much... [21:18:36] * Tetsuko nods. [21:19:31] Fascinating... And I suppose there's no retirement age, as such? [21:21:13] Not so much. You could choose not to fight anymore. Sometimes, you just exhaust all the changes that can be made from the places you'll be, and you'll be replaced by some other team. [21:23:48] * Emily nods, and reaches in her satchel, producing a card with a coat of arms on one side and contact information on the other. "I should like to speak with you more at a time when we're more able to relax, Ms. Yamasaki. I want to know everything about this." She smiles, and curtseys slightly. [21:24:20] I...guess it's been nice talking to you. [21:25:12] * She accepts the card. "Thanks. It's been great to have someone to talk to again." [21:25:27] I think I've forgotten something again. [21:25:46] You mean that truck? [21:26:06] Ah, yes! Thank you. [21:26:52] By the way. You can't change the past, only repair it or preserve it. [21:27:04] * Emily nods. "Well, I don't think any of us plan on leaving this game any time soon. And I'm sure none of us would mind the help of a more experienced operative." [21:27:33] Alright. [21:27:43] * Emily pauses and nods. "I'd considered it, but it seemed too risky an operation to even consider." [21:30:05] Well, good to know he's not gonna ask us to do THAT then. [21:30:47] Every action taken by anyone - or anything - anywhere would be a potential point of failure. It's rather mind-boggling in its logistics. [21:34:01] * Emily shrugs. "Regardless, I suppose rules are rules." [21:37:04] * Emily looks around. "Well, I suppose we should douse that can and then return to normal time. I hope to see you around, Ms. Yamasaki." [21:37:32] I certainly hope so too. [21:38:03] Farewell. [21:40:17] [Session End] [21:41:30] * Suzu (Yon@wnpgmb1309w-ad05-248-244.dynamic.mts.net) Quit (Ping timeout) [21:43:13] * Tetsuko (RanDoMs@c-76-103-147-44.hsd1.ca.comcast.net) Quit (Quit: I will end you such that not even your memory will survive.) [21:48:09] * Suzu (dl@wnpgmb1308w-ad04-234-165.dynamic.mtsallstream.net) has joined #magicalgirls [21:56:17] (I'm just gonna add what I was going to say before my internet exploded if that's okay) [21:56:27] ( Sure ) [21:56:56] I'm...sorry if I was rude. This is all just really weird and stressful. [21:57:10] * Suzu bows to Chidori, and then turns back towards the van. [21:57:14] * Suzu is now known as Yon [00:46:21] * Yon is now known as sleepyon [05:45:27] * Emily is now known as Charles End of #MagicalGirls buffer Fri Mar 04 05:51:54 2011