[We pick up where we left off, the group chowing down at various speeds on their well deserved victory lunch, an exceedingly rare lunch of good food in the cafeteria. A number of fellow students are clustered around, closest being Arthur and Ryo, who are sitting next to Mariah and Ao-Lang, respectively] [Session... START!] * Karasu isn't eating. * Mariah is still looking a little pensive (the result of the news about Hope, most likely), but she's trying to enjoy her lunch. Apparently. * Isaac is eating! FOOD! ~So who should lead?~ * Ao-Lang just eats, carving up roast chicken. She's losing the cheerfulness that came from... well, being told that they won, because she wasn't around for the end of it. * Ao-Lang shrugs at Isaac's question. "I just want to know." No offense, Isaac, but why don't we give it some time? I don't wanna rush into a choice. * The rest of the cafeteria goes silent, almost as one. * Ao-Lang stops eating, sitting up fully and looking around. * Isaac blinks, briefly trying to collet the thoughts of those around him. * Mariah pauses. ~... what the heck?~ * Karasu doesn't do anything more unusual than he already is. ~Is this about the leader thing? Does everyone have crazy hearing besides me?~ * Isaac looks for our opponents. * Most of the people still in the cafeteria seem to be turned back the way you guys came in, where your now barely conscious opponents are limping down the hall. Sekmet is actually still completely out and being carried Yarslov and Clinton. ~Oh, that explains it.~ * Ao-Lang watches them enter. ~Yup.~ * Sekmet does just what Ao-Lang did, only he's too weak to walk on his own, so he slumps down into a seat near the entrance to the cafeteria. * Karasu glances at them out of the corners of his eyes. * They look REALLY badly beat up. There's more damage there than you really remember inflicting, in some places, but it's a fight, and shit happens. * Clinton looks across the crowd and waves at Mariah. * Isaac takes a deep breath and keeps eating, closing his eyes briefly. * Ao-Lang thinks a pleased little thought: ~We did that.~ Wow, what did you DO to them? Just fought 'em. * Mariah waves back. "... I dunno. It didn't seem that bad at the time." Maybe we got carried away? * Ao-Lang looks at Mariah. "Hey, we didn't hit anyone after they went down." She looks at Karasu. "You didn't either, right?" * Karasu glances at Ao-Lang. "A number of things about that fight seemed peculiar." * Ao-Lang blinks. "Yeah? Like what?" ~What do you mean?~ I don't *think* we did. It depends on when Yarslov went down... Yeah? ~Well, uh, you might have beaten Yarslov a bit more than needed, but other than that it took forever to take the others down.~ ~Espically Clayton.~ * Karasu opts out with a shrug. "Perhaps it is nothing." * Ao-Lang looks puzzled. "I don't remember anything that strange about the fight. They just were... kinda stupid about it." She blinks, then looks around. Well, if you're sure. We can watch the tapes later, maybe? I want to see the rest of it. * Ao-Lang blinks, then turns her attention to Ryo. "You guys want to watch it, don't you?" Oh yeah. I wouldn't miss it for the world. * Ao-Lang grins. "When you do, invite me. I'll bring popcorn." She kisses him on the cheek, then stands. * Isaac finishes eating his food so he can motion with his hands for easier communication. ^^ * About two seconds after that pronouncement, Marcie comes running through the main doors, takes a flying leap straight over two tables, and lands next to Ryo, screaming as she goes, "I GOT IT!" YES! *fistpump* * Ao-Lang nearly falls over when Marcie screams, catching herself on the table and getting some chicken on her hand. She frowns a little at the mess. "What?" -- uh... what'sup? * Atom is on IRC * Noreen and Greg, several seats down, shake their heads, but Hugh perks up, as does most of the others in the vicinity. * Isaac blinks in surprise at Marcie. I got it! The first copy of the fight! Oh, don't tell me there was a *line.* * Marcie holds up a videotape triumphantly. It takes about ten seconds for the realization to sink in, and then the cafeteria is half empty in an instant as half the teams break and run for the library. You're extra mini, Isaac. * Ao-Lang grins. * Isaac looks angrily at Ao-Lang and shakes his fist. * Ao-Lang pokes Isaac in the nose, then looks back to Ryo, who's probably still there. "So, when are you guys gonna watch it?" Yeah. We might as well watch it together, right? ... heck, I don't even think we can get a copy at this rate. * Isaac covers his nose and looks at Ao-Lang warrily. You guys can watch it with us, if you want. I want to. Later today okay? Cool. Sure. I'll hit the city and grab some snacks. * Isaac nodnods. * Ao-Lang looks over at Yoh, hesitates a moment, then says, "I want to come with, but I gotta take care of something first." And she proceeds to do just that, walking through the half-empty cafeteria towards him. * Ao-Lang idly waves at some of the people watching them. Really, nothing particularly special about them. Nope. * Mariah looks around and grins in that "me? Self-conscious? Not even remotely, and by that, I mean 'god yes'" sort of way. * Karasu speaks. "I'll pass on the tape." * Isaac nods and follows Ao-Lang, giving a smile at Ryo. .. you sure? If you think something's wrong, I mean, I'd like to know what... * Karasu shrugs. "Why would I want to watch it? I've already seen the fight first hand." Watching your own tapes is a good way to spot flaws you don't know are there. Well, yeah, but it was so spread-out... I mean, I was there, and I didn't see anything you did. You guys must've done a real number on them. Hmmm... Maybe I'll consider it. Just think it'd be good to all watch together, you know? * Karasu shrugs. And apparently decides he's now hungry, because he gets up and heads towards the counter. * The line is empty at this point, so Karasu gets his food REALLY quickly. * Karasu WINS! He returns to the table shortly after and starts eating. There anything you guys want for snacks? I dunno, whatever... really, you don't have to go to the trouble. * Karasu glances at Arthur. "Wheat crackers and white-cheddar popcorn." Like, not *pork rinds* or something, but... hey, those aren't bad ideas! Ryo, make a note of that. What, am I your slave now, massa? What the heck. * Karasu eats food. Seriously, you don't have to get snacks if you don't want to. It's no big. Pff, what fun is a good fight without snacks? I figure it'll take at least a couple hours to get through the whole fight. Maybe three, if it's really good. It didn't feel that long. Yeah, but you didn't go over every attack a dozen times. Oh, geez. Someone's gonna have to get a laser pointer. I've got four. * Mariah leans back in her chair, smirking vaguely. "Why am I not super surprised?" Because I'm fabulously wealthy? * Ao-Lang comes walking back up to the lot of you. "If you're fabulously wealthy, I know someone who could use some new clothes." * Isaac walks along and grins sheepishly when Ao-Lang mentions that. ... well, yeah, if you want to do something for us... * Karasu finishes eating. Hahahaha. I can see how suddenly shrinking a few inches could leave you in a bit of trouble. ^^; * Ao-Lang loses her grin. "No. You don't, really." -- Seriously. * Arthur goes sober as he takes in the looks. "Oh. Okay?" * Ao-Lang hesitates, then just decides not to mince words. "Kairi's dead. I don't mean figuratively. I mean he's dead." We've ... yeah. That's about the size of it. * Faces go all confused like all down the table. ...what? Something on the astral plane; we're not sure what happened, but... he's dead, and Isaac's in his body, pretty much permanently. * Ao-Lang hugs herself and looks away. * Ryo sets one hand gently on Ao's shoulder. That's crazy. People aren't supposed to die here. * Mariah looks down at the table. "Yeah. Yeah, I know. But he still did." * Ao-Lang glares at Arthur. "Well, they *do*. People die everywhere. And when people will do *anything* to win, and anything for revenge, that's what'll happen!" And you don't know who did it? No. It happened this morning. It's not like we've had time. * Ao-Lang shudders. She doesn't say anything. Have you told anybody else yet? * Ao-Lang spits out, "The principal. He told us to take matters into our own hands." We told the principal. And.. yeah, he doesn't care. ... This place is insane. Fine. Then we'll find whoever did it. And when we do, it's time for old school biblical justice, eye for an eye style. -- No. Nobody else is dying, okay? Nobody. * Ao-Lang speaks up, her voice catching: "I don't know. There's a few people I want to kill." She brings her hand up to her eyes and wipes them, then turns and starts walking quickly out before she cries in front of everybody. * Ryo stands up and runs after Ao. * Mariah doesn't watch Ao and Ryo leave. She looks grim, to say the least. "It isn't going to fix anything. Even if the killer deserves it, his teammates don't." * Isaac glares at the others. I guess. * Karasu gets up and walks off without a word. * Isaac gets up and runs after Ao-Lang. ~Be safe, Mariah.~ * Mariah sighs. "... maybe I should take a nap or something. I can barely think." * You guys aren't the only ones leaving the cafeteria. It's really starting to empty out, as people head out for their afternoon activities. [Session... END!]