Start of #Youkai buffer: Thu May 07 22:17:15 2009 [18:22:05] [Wednesday, week 2. A day's passed since Emmy introduced herself to you. Yesterday, you did whatever it is you want to do.] [18:25:11] [The morning's classes pass by easily.] [18:25:20] [It's lunch now] [18:26:34] [Actually, let's say it's Tuesday. Whoops.] [18:26:38] [SessionStart] [18:27:28] * Berny has her usual lunch in a bag in her hand. "Down to lunch, Kentaro?" [18:28:08] Hey, uh, actually, I had plans to talk to Shizuru and Natsuki about the tree. I guess you could maybe come along? I mean, you were there, too. [18:29:09] Oh, um, sure. [18:29:13] What are you going to tell them? [18:30:07] Everything I can. We've been dealing with this sort of thing for a while- maybe not as weird as this- and they're smarter than dumb ol' me, so I trust them. [18:30:47] * Megumi sits down at the table, and begins wolfing her lunch down, as usual. [18:31:08] * Berny blinks. "Oh, okay. I guess we can trust them, then? I wouldn't call you dumb, though." [18:32:41] * Emmy decides that she'll continue her recruting run with Berny and others. It's rather obvious when she made a straight line towards them with her lunch. "Good afternoon. Is anyone else sitting here?" She asks, hoping to sit close. [18:34:29] That's sweet of you. [18:35:06] * Kentaro swings his bag over his shoulder, and jogs up to the roof, not wanting to keep the redscarves waiting [18:35:30] * Berny shoulders her bag, too, and follows Kentaro to the roof. [18:36:28] Hey, should we get Megumi, too? [18:36:49] Oh! Good idea! [18:37:04] I'll go get her. I'll be right back. [18:37:15] * Kentaro nods, and continues up to the roof [18:38:08] * Berny turns around and goes back down to the cafeteria, where she makes a beeline for Megumi. "Hey, Megumi. Kentaro and I are hanging out with Shizuru and Natsuki on the roof for lunch today. Want to come?" [18:42:34] * Megumi looks up from her lunch. "Huh? Oh, sure." She packs it up and joins them [18:43:39] * Berny returns to the roof. [18:43:50] * You arrive at the school roof. From here, you can see nearly the whole town. The cafe, the game center, there's a good chance you can see your house fromhere. [18:44:12] * Berny admires the view. "I've never been up here before. It's a pretty nice place for lunch." [18:44:53] * Megumi leans up against the railing, looking down. "Yeah, this is a lot better than the cafeteria." [18:45:42] * Shizuru can be seen sitting in the shade. Natsuki hands a lunch box over to her. [18:45:52] Here you are. [18:46:12] * Kentaro is already here, sitting with Shizuru and Natsuki, starting in on his lunch. "Hey, about time you guys showed up." [18:46:36] Oh, hey. What's up? [18:46:49] * Berny sits nearby the others and unpacks her lunch. [18:47:28] I'm so glad the veggies are slowly getting a bit better. My sandwiches are tasting kind of bad, still. [18:47:37] Not much. I just wanted to talk about what happened at the tree a few days ago with the girls. They might have an idea what was going on there, since, you know, it probably wasn't good. [18:48:04] * Berny is staring at half of her usually cheese and veggie sandwich. [18:48:10] Oh, right. That thing. [18:48:19] * Megumi takes a seat, unpacking her lunch again. [18:49:02] * Shizuru waves. "It is good to see you." [18:49:20] * Berny waves back. "Nice to see you too." She takes a bite out of her sandwich. [18:51:08] * Emmy was sleeping on top of the doorway until all the new noise started. Rubbing her eyes, she sat up and yawned. "Good morning daddy..." She muttered, still half asleep. [18:51:45] Is that a friend of yours? [18:52:10] * Berny blinks at Emmy. "Oh, uh. I guess, yeah." [18:52:10] * Kentaro frowns. "I wouldn't say so." [18:52:12] * Emmy looks a bit crumpled, and sort of less energetic than yesterday. [18:52:30] * Berny looks at Kentaro. "Or, well, we just met yesterday." [18:53:40] * Emmy blinks a bit to clear the tears and sunlight out of her eyes before glancing around. "Oh... oh?" Her eyes finds the group of people eating lunch below and eeped. "Oh! Uh.. hi..." [18:53:53] * Megumi looks over. "Oh." [18:57:30] * Shizuru looks at Emmy. "She's more trustworthy than you may believe." [18:57:35] * Emmy closes her eyes and mutters something before opening them again. "Oh hi everyone! Is it lunch already?" She asks in a bright tone. [18:58:09] Hi, Emmy. You were, um, sleeping up here? [18:58:20] * Kentaro frowns, and mutters "I'm going to trust you, but only because if you're wrong, you're gonna have to live with it longer than I will." [18:58:43] * Megumi scratches her head, looking around at everyone. "...huh?" [18:59:33] "Oh, apparently. I finished my second period class work early so I came up here to relax in the good weather. Guess I fell asleep, huh." [19:00:13] Oh, I guess it's a nice place for a nap. [19:01:38] Mind if I eat lunch with you guys? I brought it up to eat during lunch, and I guess that it's lunch now... [19:01:42] * Berny glances over at Kentaro and shrugs. [19:02:30] * Kentaro shrugs. "Sure, I guess." [19:03:04] Be my guest. [19:03:11] * Berny returns to chewing on her sandwich. [19:03:51] * Natsuki feeds Shizuru some lunch. [19:03:52] * Emmy grins and thanks them before disappearing from view for a moment. She soon came from behind where there's a ladder to the top, holding a boxed bento with her. [19:04:04] So tell me, what's on your mind? [19:04:43] * Berny eats her lunch and lets Kentaro do the talking. [19:05:32] Well, I told you what happened in the fields, right? [19:06:48] Not quite, no. [19:07:32] Okay, well, you know how the fields were pretty messed up? [19:09:01] * Emmy sat down and started eating her rather vegetarian meal. [19:10:05] To some extent... [19:10:15] * Berny 's meal is also noticeably vegetarian. She's finished her sandwich and is starting on the crackers and fruit now. [19:10:58] Well, it turns out the kami were apparently dying, and there was this huge creepy tree. We gave it a talking to, and I told it about, yanno, predators and prey and stuff, and it seemed to shake up. [19:11:12] But what was it even *doing* there? I mean, it was really fucked up. [19:12:09] * Emmy sat straight up and choaked on her rice. She then realizes that she didn't bring a drink and tries to choak it down forcefully. [19:12:30] * Berny pipes up, "It did seem sort of out of place. It wasn't overly difficult to convince it to stop, at least." [19:12:57] * Natsuki gives Shizuru a drink. [19:13:13] How creepy are we talking? [19:13:54] Well, I _did_ punch it first. I mean, that's pretty convincing. [19:14:08] On a scale of, like, one to watching Ringu alone at midnight, I'd say it's at least a [Nightmare on Elm Street]. [19:15:01] * Shizuru drinks. [19:15:29] Is your friend alright? [19:15:49] * Berny blinks over at the choking Emmy. "Um, Emmy? Are you okay?" [19:15:52] She... looks uncomfortable. [19:16:06] * Emmy finally forces the rice down, after a moment of near death. "AHHHH... Ya... Haaaa... I forgot to bring something to drink." [19:16:35] * Kentaro puts down his tempura-battered clams, from his largely carnivorous meal, at least showing a degree of human concern instead of continuing to eat as somebody chokes. :| [19:16:40] * Emmy shakes her head, "Wait, that's not important! What do you mean, the kami was dying?" [19:18:57] Well, it's what it sounds like. [19:19:00] * Berny scratches her head. [19:19:12] That's what was causing the veggies to get all sickly. [19:19:50] Kami doesn't just... 'die'! At worse, they'd fall into a deep slumber, perhaps forgotten or returns to the Earth, but they don't 'die'! [19:20:05] * Megumi doesn't really seem to notice Emmy's distress, being too busy watching watching Shizuru and Natsuki with confusion. [19:20:07] Emmy is right. [19:20:21] That is her name, right? [19:20:29] * Berny nods to Shizuru. "Yeah." [19:20:38] Oh, they don't? Well, that's a relief. [19:20:45] Well, see. Most of them were just all weak, but some of them were outright *missing*! [19:21:05] Missing? That's curious. [19:21:27] Still, this creepy-ass plant was making them... get trapped in another dimension, and, I mean, I don't have much experience in this field, but that's kind of messed up [19:21:38] * Emmy nods, happy to have someone back her up. "Yes it is." She says to Shizuru. She then turns to Berny. "Really? Hmmm. I should look into it." [19:23:31] * Berny half-smiles at Emmy somewhat hesitantly. [19:24:36] * Shizuru pulls out one of the leaves. "Miki gave me one of these yesterday. I assume they come from the tree?" [19:24:50] * Emmy focuses on Kentaro. "Can you show me where this happened? I /really/ need to see what happened." [19:25:31] Oh, yeah. When we convinced the tree to leave the other plants alone, it gave them to us. [19:25:47] Uh, yeah, sure. [19:26:15] * Berny nods along. [19:26:18] I'll have to check in and make sure Miki's being nice to the first years, but I guess I'd be free after that. [19:26:34] * Emmy started relaxing. "Thanks. I'm grateful." [19:26:57] It really didn't seem all that bad in the end. [19:27:36] What happened with these leaves, exactly? [19:28:06] What happened? I mean, I guess they just tasted like good food. [19:28:30] I mean, it's been a few days and I haven't exactly gone into some kind of murderous leaf-rage [19:28:43] * Emmy asks Shizuru, "Do you mind if I take a look at it?" [19:29:02] Very well. [19:29:11] * She hands over the leaf. It smells like Emmy's favorite food. [19:29:40] When I ate it, it tasted like strawberry tiramisu. Kentaro said his tasted like tempura batter. [19:29:57] Nothing bad's happened to me yet, either. [19:30:00] * Emmy sniffs it, feels its texture, and then holds it cupped in her hands. She closes her eyes for a moment and leans closer as if to smell it. [19:30:07] It smells like aburage to me. [19:31:31] Just tasted like steak to me. [19:31:57] * Emmy pauses, not tasting it, and then passes it back. "I don't really know what this is... strange. Oh well." [19:32:59] What did it smell like to you, Emmy? [19:33:22] Cherries. [19:35:09] Hmm. I still smell strawberry tiramisu. [19:35:31] No ideas on how it might act like this? [19:36:07] * Megumi (dlarmour@wnpgmb1307w-ad02-33-117.dynamic.mts.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [19:36:07] Lots of theories, but no idea unless I ask the kami itself. [19:36:29] * Megumi (dlarmour@wnpgmb1303w-ad03-47-170.dynamic.mts.net) has joined #Youkai [19:37:42] Let us hear your theories. [19:39:30] ...is talking to kami NORMAL now? [19:39:54] * Kentaro frowns. "I can't do it. But then, I've never really been the benchmark." [19:40:15] * Berny looks at Emmy. "You talk to them too?" [19:40:37] * Emmy thinks for a moment then shrugs. "Well, from what they said, it could be just an offering of pure life energy on a leaf, but I wouldn't know. Depending on the plant type, it could be part of what it used to lure other animals, especially carniverious ones." [19:41:28] * Emmy pauses in the middle of what she was saying and looks at Berny, slightly incrediously. "Of course I can! I'm... uh..." She pauses mid-speech, as if just realizing what she was saying. "Uh... ummm... a miko?" [19:43:54] * Megumi eyes Emmy, then sighs, leaning back. "This fucking school..." she mutters. [19:44:34] * Kentaro laughs. "Sucks to be you, I've only got one more year of this." [19:46:06] * Kentaro looks back at Shizuru and Natsuki. "I mean, I like hanging around with you dudes and dudes like you. But, you know, all this *and* having to go to school? Suuuuuuucks." [19:46:40] * Emmy kinda looks like she had the wind sucked out of her. [19:50:03] What are you doing after this year, anyway? [19:51:30] * Kentaro shrugs. "I dunno. Maybe I'll go to college. Maybe I'll just drop off the grid and live in the woods for a while. Maybe I'll tell Miki what's up." [19:51:36] Maybe not the last one. [19:52:55] * Emmy asks in a kinda 'ok, this probably isn't going to work but is still hopeful' tone of voice. "Any chance we can pretend my part of this conversation never happened?" [19:53:01] But you know, I kinda want to fix up the old shrine and get it working again. Be a kannushi. But, you know, I'm not really sure how that works. Do I need to be... liscened? [19:54:24] * Megumi shrugs at Emmy. "It's hardly the weirdest thing we've heard in the last week." [19:55:09] "Maybe, but I don't like it going around that I can do what I said I can do." [19:55:41] Yeah, well, I think that goes for all of us. [19:56:09] So, hush-hush on both side? [19:57:13] In return, I'll help you guys in any way I can. How's that? [19:57:45] Yeah, sounds good. [19:58:37] * Megumi shrugs. "Fine with me, I guess." [19:59:20] Very well. [20:01:52] Thanks guys. [20:03:51] Is there anything you need of me after class? [20:05:06] Uh, well, if you want to check out the tree with us, see if there's anything you can tell about it, it might be worth your time. [20:05:28] Very well. Natsuki, you're coming with me. [20:05:33] Of course. [20:06:17] * Emmy asks, "Where should I wait for you?" [20:07:04] * Kentaro finishes his lunch, and packs it back up. "How about in front of the school? Or by the train station, I guess?" [20:07:41] Either's fine. [20:09:13] By the school, then. [20:10:08] Sure. [20:10:12] * Kentaro nods, checking his watch. "I ought to get back to class. I dunno if we're supposed to be up here, but I don't want to get caught either way." [20:11:38] I'll see you soon, then. [20:12:03] * Emmy finishes off her lunch as well. "Until school ends." She says, quickly cleaning up. [20:12:07] Later. [20:12:15] [After school...] [20:14:09] * Shizuru waits by the gate. Natsuki stands behind her. [20:14:28] * Emmy being on the second level, quickly reaches the gate to greet the two. [20:15:05] * Kentaro is waiting outside the school gates, stuffing his school jacket and dress shirt into his backpack. Underneath them, he was apparently wearing a dark green t-shirt that says "COOL" in wide, embroidered English text across the chest [20:15:52] * Megumi runs up to the group. "We ready?" [20:16:13] * Kentaro nods. "Sure am." [20:17:10] I'm ready. [20:17:16] Let's go. [20:19:09] Alright, let's roll out. [20:19:29] * Kentaro heads to the train station, getting on the next train headed out to the fields [20:19:39] [You head to the train station and after some walking, you find yourself in a dry and nearly dead field. It looks a little better tha the last time you were here.] [20:20:34] * Berny looks around. "It does look a little better." [20:20:41] I guess it kept its promise. [20:20:59] [Standing upright surrounded by pale trees is a great thick dark tree, gnarled and twisted. Its roots appear jagged and tooth-like. [20:21:19] I'm kind of wondering if the three of us should check out that tree again. I mean, would the tree think we were pulling a dick move for checking up on it? [20:21:41] * Emmy makes an 'ohh' kinda sound. "Ah. This place... Hmm." She moves towards the tree. [20:22:08] * A lot of the kami are weakened or missing. [20:22:13] Huh, I guess it really was telling the truth. [20:22:39] I dunno, go act like it's a friendly visit? It's a fucking tree, I dunno. [20:23:39] * Berny goes to a secluded spot and squats next to a kami. "Hey, are you feeling any better?" [20:23:57] * Emmy puts a hand out towards the weakened kami to get a feel of them before heading towards the tree itself. "Hello? You awake?" [20:24:24] * The kami glance up at Berny. "Slow regrowth." [20:24:37] * Berny nods. "What about your missing friends? Do you think they'll come back?" [20:24:55] See, this is the kind of thing I need to figure out if I'm gonna be a kannushi. Like, how intrusive can a dude be to a powerful magic tree until the tree thinks he's being an asshole? [20:25:00] Unknown. [20:25:02] That is useful kannushi information! [20:25:32] * Emmy and Berny see a large eye manifest in the trunk of the tree. [20:25:57] Depends on the magic tree, I guess? [20:26:07] * Berny approaches the tree. "Hi." [20:26:20] I guess, yeah. This magic tree looks like a mean customer, though. I don't wanna push my luck. [20:26:20] * Emmy carefully put a plam on the edge of the tree's eye and closed her eyes to concentrate. [20:26:53] * The tree looks at Berny and Emmy. [20:26:58] * Berny says to the tree, "Thanks for keeping your promise. The kami say they're slowly regrowing. I wanted to ask you another thing, though." [20:27:12] * Kentaro pauses briefly, standing back, and takes out his phone, snapping a picture of the tree, and sending it to Miki under the subject "Hey, baby! Wanna see a freaky tree?" [20:27:34] I don't like this. [20:27:40] * Kentaro types in the body test "It's seriously creeping me out! ~\O_O/~" and presses send [20:28:30] Yeah, he's kind of a dick. Maybe there's, like, a magic tree out there that's really chilled out. [20:28:39] * Berny continues to the tree, "About the kami that disappeared: will they ever come back? I don't know what happened to them, but can you restore them?" [20:32:36] * Emmy holds her hand on the tree for a few moments longer before opening her eyes again. "Why don't you come out from there? I don't think you belong here." She says in a sing-song kind of way. [20:32:54] * Berny glances sidelong at Emmy. [20:33:51] Perhaps they will return. MANY things vanish and return. [20:34:47] So, um, what are you, exactly? [20:36:56] * Berny translates for everyone, as before. [20:37:12] * Emmy takes her hands off the tree and backs up a bit. [20:37:52] * Kentaro sits down in a bare patch of the ground, kicking his shoes off. "I think it just burned us, Megumi." [20:38:00] It doesn't matter. [20:38:35] "Yes it does. You don't belong here, and it's upsetting the balance of this area. Tell us. What are you." [20:38:53] * Megumi glares at the tree. "...wait, come out of the tree?" [20:39:47] "This isn't the spirit of this tree. I don't quite know what it is, but it's not supposed to be here, in this shape or this form." [20:39:57] Doesn't matter? But it does. You seem pretty out of place, and we'd like to know why you're here. [20:40:43] Oh man, that's pretty seriously messed up. [20:40:45] Out of place? I have been here a long time. A very very long time. [20:40:45] So he's...whatever he is...he's just jacking the tree? [20:41:32] Asshole's lucky I can't just punch him out without hurting the tree. [20:41:38] * Megumi glares harder at the tree. [20:41:47] But...why? [20:41:52] "I don't know. It's kind of like possessing the tree, but not quite. I could try to exorcise it out, but I'm not sure whether that would be a good thing or not." [20:42:22] ...I think we really need to consider if we really *want* that thing out here. [20:42:30] "Exactly. [20:44:15] I mean, what's your purpose for being in the tree? [20:45:16] "I could try to figure out what it is if I'm more forceful, but I'm not sure if I want to." [20:45:47] I don't know. I have been here an extremely long time. [20:46:47] * Berny looks puzzled. "So you don't remember either? Hmm. What made you decide recently to start draining the land so severely, though?" [20:47:29] Living things eat a lot in the morning as they wake. [20:47:30] * Kentaro has started pulling what looks like a fashion magazine out of his bag, but stops to listen to the response [20:48:00] Oh! So you were sleeping until recently? [20:48:22] Correct. [20:48:39] Hmm. So what woke you up? [20:48:51] * Emmy thinks. "It's entirely possible that it was a sleeping kami that a tree grew on, but on the other hand, it could be a lot of other spiritual entities..." [20:49:26] That is unknown. [20:50:30] Like what? [20:50:49] So why not let it out, then? [20:51:11] * Berny strikes her chin. "Hmm. Hey, um. Would you like to come out of that tree?" [20:51:40] I think Emmy here might be able to help you with that. [20:53:44] Maaaaybe. [20:56:41] How? [20:57:17] Ummm. She said something about exorcising, but... [20:57:22] I have my ways. But I need to know what you are before I would even attempt it. [20:57:47] I am patient. [20:58:18] * Emmy resists the urge to mention its a tree before glancing at the others. [20:59:44] * Megumi shrugs. "You're the expert. I just hit things." [21:01:29] * Kentaro (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [21:03:16] * Charles (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Youkai [21:04:32] * Kentaro (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) has joined #Youkai [21:06:17] * Charles (CHBoucher@dsl2-161.gsinet.net) Quit (Ping timeout: 180 seconds) [21:06:55] * Emmy touches the tree again before shaking her head. "Nope. I can't figure out what it is like this. Maybe we can examine some local legends about this area to find clues." [21:07:12] Uh, hey, I got an idea [21:07:24] Hmm? [21:07:28] Shizuru, how long ago did you bury your, uh, pet here? [21:08:09] * Berny blinks. "Pet?" She pauses. "The mouse dog?" [21:08:31] It's not mine. [21:09:12] Wait, huh? [21:09:15] When I said it was ours, I was only speaking generally. [21:09:30] * Megumi finds herself staring at Shizuru in confusion once again. [21:09:33] Ooooh. [21:09:34] "Mouse dog?" [21:09:57] * Berny nods. "Remember that skeleton we were talking about yesterday?" [21:10:13] "Ohh..." [21:10:37] Well, I guess our next step might be figuring out what idiot redscarf buried her mutant teacup terrier next to the World's Creepiest Tree. [21:11:13] Are the two related? [21:12:28] * Kentaro shrugs. "It's kind of all we got, right?" [21:12:37] I'm not sure... But I don't think so, unless it was some sort of youkai to begin with. [21:13:44] * Berny murmurs, "You'd be surprised how many things turn out to be youkai around here." [21:14:16] ...you...you're not saying... [21:14:36] * Megumi points at the tree. "That mousedog thing is IN THE TREE?" [21:16:02] Maybe. Or maybe, like, it just ate it and woke up. I mean, I dunno how that stuff works [21:16:24] But if I had been sleeping forever and someone fed me a dog, I'd wake up IMMEDIATELY [21:16:32] ...Maybe for different reasons, but still [21:17:32] ...yeah, that'd be some way to wake up. [21:18:17] * Berny suppresses a giggle. "Sorry. I know it's not that funny." [21:18:34] * Emmy rubs her temples slightly in a sort of 'I have a headache' kind of way. "WHATEVER the reason, we can try to exorcise the spirit within, but I would rather know what it really is first because it could be dangerous (especially to me)." [21:19:16] * Berny addresses the tree. "Could you tell us what you are?" [21:19:40] If it's not a tree, and it's not a mousedog, what the hell is it? [21:20:54] Whatever it is, it's infusing the entire tree, so I don't think it's a dead spirit buried under it or anything that stems from a single point of infection." [21:21:05] I am not a mousedog. [21:24:14] So, what are you? [21:24:43] A friend to humans. [21:25:14] ...He's Gamera? [21:26:07] Which is...? [21:26:21] I'll take that at face value. [21:27:36] He said humans, not children. [21:28:22] Oh. [21:28:37] * The tree shakes more leaves off. [21:28:47] * Kentaro frowns out of sadness rather than overconsidered concentration. [21:29:10] * Berny glances down at the leaves in puzzlement. [21:29:28] You do drop some tasty leaves, but what -are- you, exactly? [21:29:59] "So basically, we have two possibilities in front of us. One is that it is being truthful and is probably some kami or spirit that's just trapped in the tree so long that its forgotten about itself. Second is that it's lying, and is some malvolent entity. I perfer the first, but I don't want to risk the second." [21:30:34] * Berny turns to Emmy. "If it's lying...it's more dangerous if you let it out?" [21:32:04] "Let's just say that if it's lying, the effort required to kick it out of that tree would probably tire me out to the extent where I'll be helpless." [21:32:30] "Not that I wouldn't be either way, but at least it'll probably won't try anything funny." [21:33:11] * Berny nods mutely. [21:33:30] * Kentaro nods. "Maybe we should just do some research. I don't think we're going to get any further here." [21:33:44] If it's lying, we could just light the tree on fire! [21:35:09] I wouldn't want to burn down the forest, though. [21:35:22] Where would we research stuff like this, though? [21:35:32] I agree with Kentaro. There's probably some kind of legend or myth that could be found out about this area if we look close enough." [21:36:25] * Berny nods in consideration. "Yeah, it's worth a look." [21:37:01] It looks like you've gotten yourself into quite a situation this time, Kentaro. [21:37:45] * Kentaro frowns. "Yeah, I'd like to say we've been in worse, but I dunno if that's really true." [21:37:57] What do you mean? [21:38:13] Oh, uh, just trouble we used to get up to as kids. [21:38:23] * Berny looks back and forth between Shizuru and Kentaro. "Oh, you've known each other that long?" [21:38:40] Before Shizuru and I became respectable young members of society, we used to break shit down! [21:38:50] * Kentaro nods. "We go back to small times, yeah." [21:39:27] Natsuki was always there to help me. And a number of others... I don't believe you've met them [21:39:38] * Berny nods as she listens. [21:41:17] * Megumi shrugs. "And I still don't know what your deal is, anyway." [21:41:25] * Kentaro grins. "We couldn't have made it without them, yeah. Man, takes you back, doesn't it?" [21:41:36] Oh, absolutely... [21:42:36] What kind of trouble? [21:42:52] * Emmy listens out of curiosity. [21:46:32] Oh, uh, there was the time we took a statue of the buddha from the temple because Shizuru thought that the old shrine's god was getting jealous. [21:47:10] And, you know, a bunch of dead vermin on people's doorsteps. Like, a *bunch*. Like, pretty seriously big piles. That took a few weeks to get together. [21:48:28] * Megumi snickers. "Wow." [21:48:58] That one was mine. Like I said, my family used to hunt. [21:49:47] Then there were the times when she was helping her get my appearance in order, and we used to scare folks at the train stations at night. [21:49:50] Man, good times. [21:50:28] Of course, we can't really do that stuff any more. [21:51:44] * Kentaro sighs. "Yeah. Sucks." [21:52:12] Why not? I mean, it's still fun? [21:53:25] I have a number of responsibilities now. Very busy. [21:57:04] * Kentaro frowns. "Growing up sucks. Let's cut school and mess around tomorrow." [21:57:53] There are some upsides to growing up. [21:58:38] * Berny giggles. [21:58:41] * Megumi starts to grin. "Cut school, huh?" [21:59:15] Yeah, I dunno, I kind of think that if I can find out- Nah, nevermind [21:59:20] You know, I've never cut school before. [21:59:25] Yeah! It'll be awesome! [21:59:31] And being an exchange student, I dunno if I'll get into special trouble... [21:59:56] I don't know if I should. What do you mean, mess around? [22:00:33] Yeah, what'll we be doing if we cut school? [22:00:39] Reading up on the local legends? [22:01:39] * Kentaro's phone rings. [22:01:48] I dunno, I kind of figured that I might go to the game center, throw some rocks at an old barn, go out for takoyaki, slap a- Hold on [22:01:59] I could probably find something at home if I look through some of the old records. Maybe. [22:02:00] * Kentaro answers his phone. [22:02:14] Kentaro, what the hell did you skip drama club for? [22:03:40] * Berny looks over questioningly. [22:03:47] Oh, hey, Lady! You know that tree we went to last week? Well, I've been having some really crazy-ass nightmares about it, so I wanted to take another look at it, see what's up. [22:04:10] You better show up tomorrow! [22:04:22] I figured that I wouldn't be able to sleep well until I did, and I didn't want to take the train out to- Okay! I'll see you there! [22:04:38] *click* [22:04:54] Oh, what sorts of records? [22:05:41] * Kentaro sighs. "Can I... Can I, like, cut school and then show up for clubs? This is tough." [22:06:26] Well, my father is the local Father... uhh... pastor, so he might have some records of local legends and such. Or, we could probably ask him about it since he used to be a shinto priest." [22:07:47] Aw, no skipping? Damn. [22:08:04] Nah, I totally want to, it's just that... [22:08:05] * Berny nods at Emmy. "Oh, good idea." [22:08:10] What happened, Kentaro? [22:08:20] You know, with all this shit going down... [22:09:02] Oh. Uh, Miki called me, and asked me why I didn't show up at Drama club. And I can't really say 'Magic Tree' so I kind of gave an answer that won't be a lie when I actually *do* start having nightmares about this tree [22:09:32] And I kind of think that if I don't show up tomorrow she's gonna dump me again and I don't want to do that right now. [22:09:45] * Berny nods sympathetically. "I guess we can cut class later?" [22:10:01] * Kentaro nods. [22:10:32] Maybe Saturday. Maybe she'll be up for it. We haven't cut together since we built that fort in the woods. [22:16:55] [Session End] End of #Youkai buffer Thu May 07 22:17:15 2009