[2011-03-24 22:17:03] <@Haruka_Emmerich> = =
[22:17:36] <@Haruka_Emmerich> Friday, 12:30 PM. The Scarlet Devil Mansion, front yard.
[22:20:41] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Roughly two hours ago yesterday, a Kamen Rider died in defense of this city." For all Wyll's whinging about not being somber at his wake, Haruka had taken the initiative to at least prepare a needlessly poignant speech. "Wyll Ascher would never admit he was one, but damned if his concern for those he loved, and those tangentially attached, didn't put him among their ranks."
[22:23:43] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Some of you may know his actions as such merely as those of the rogue Mahjong Rider Tenpai. While Tenpai's deeds may have been deplorable in the eyes of the general public and JUNKER, I can at least give this assurance: were his true purpose not to remind us of the vigilance necessary in our duty, he would not have taken the Rider moniker for his weapon of choice."
[22:26:17] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "And like any honorable Rider, he went out swinging, giving his life for a cause that would better mankind and its brethren, ensuring its safety and ability to live without fear of the things that go bump in the night." She folded up the manuscript. "...That said, it was his wish that we do this thing in full-on party mode, so let's get to it."

[22:31:55] <AdventFalls> Yukari held up a glass of beer up. "Here here." She took a sip, before going, "You know, for as much of a dick as he was to a lot of us, I never had any trouble with him personally. Then again, the first couple of times we met I was still... well."

[22:33:45] <@Haruka_Emmerich> Further back in the crowd, Korin sipped at something a little less alcoholic. "...it's a wake for the guy. A fucking WAKE. Haru's probably crying her eyes out upstairs, and they're having a pow-wow for the guy who humiliated her. What gives?"

[22:34:33] <OvermanXAN> "Hell if I know. Think we should take it up with her aunt?"

[22:35:03] <Axel_Wildfire> "Wyll and Haruka have known each other for a long time." Leksi crops up between Korin and Miyuki, holding a glass of fruit punch in both hands and giggling quietly with each sip, in sharp contrast to her dour words. "I take it he's revealed what he was up to by now, which is why Haruka is going this far."

[22:35:55] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "You sayin' you know, Leksi?" The redhead continued to fume between sips of Sprite.

[22:36:25] <Axel_Wildfire> "Of course I know. This has been an elaborate setup to get JUNKER back to being Riders, rather than just enforcing their will. I wouldn't have aided him had his intentions been any less noble." Sssssiiiiippppp.

[22:36:57] <OvermanXAN> ". . ."

[22:37:29] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "...I think it's time you explained just WHAT you are to this guy."

[22:37:50] <Axel_Wildfire> She's hesitant. "I would rather... not."

[22:39:08] <OvermanXAN> ".  .  ."

[22:39:49] <Athon> Haru finally reaches the scene, the bags under her eyes quite heavy.

[22:40:19] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Haru-kun! Finally!" Korin rushes over to give her a hug.

[22:40:30] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi nudges Miyuki. "Go on."

[22:40:39] <Athon> "Nn. Hello"

[22:41:37] <OvermanXAN> Miyuki join Korin in hugging Haru. "We were worried about you..."

[22:41:43] <AdventFalls> Yukari kept drinking, occasionally looking around. "Always on the edge, weren't you Wyll."

[22:42:10] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "C'mooooooon. Lighten up. If anything, it's free food and drink." Korin continues to squeeze.

[22:42:28] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi moves over to join Yukari, having to stand on tip toe to put her glass up on the table, and then slowly climbing onto the chair, which she has to kneel up in to see over the table properly. "Was he?"

[22:43:20] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "More like always ON edge." Haruka takes a swig of some of the leftover Red Hill Scotch Ale. "Always seemed like there were only two exceptions to that rule: playing video games with me, and being around Aelita in general."

[22:43:44] <AdventFalls> "We always had a running debate among Void Hour veterans. Over whether or not Wyll really was a Rider or not. It was mostly comparing his results with his methods."

[22:44:16] <Axel_Wildfire> "Looks like they worked to me." she notes, watching the kids. "... not that everyone will understand that."

[22:44:32] <Athon> "Alright, alright. Grab me something to eat, please?"

[22:44:48] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi kneels up a little further, waving happily to Haru.

[22:44:55] <AdventFalls> "I ultimately decided that it's like flipping a coin. One side is all that a Rider is, the other what it isn't. And Wyll? Wyll was on the very edge of that coin. He's the only one who could say for certain in my mind."

[22:44:56] <OvermanXAN> "Fine! On it" Miyuki zooms off in search of food.

[22:46:25] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Mmm, my reckoning's more along the lines of that coin got cut down the middle and soldered back together with one of the halves turned over."

[22:47:02] <AdventFalls> "And if it was, Wyll did it." She chuckled.
[22:48:48] <AdventFalls> "Still, I think I might actually miss that lemon-scented bastard. He may have been a bastard, but he was our bastard, you know?"

[22:49:36] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Better the devil you know, naturally." Haruka spies Miyuki poking about out the corner of her eye. "Mizuho! Refreshments are 'round back by the pool!"

[22:50:16] <OvermanXAN> "Okay! Thanks!" She dashes off again, now equipped with directions.

[22:50:41] <Athon> A yawn from the fangire. "Is it really okay for me to be here?"

[22:51:06] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "It's home, right?" Korin ruffles Haru's hair.

[22:51:52] <OvermanXAN> Miyuki finally arrives back with food. "Sorry I took so long."

[22:52:30] <Athon> Taking it from her hand, Haru nods. "Yeah. But this is paying respects for someone I didn't have any contact with."

[22:54:14] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Tell me 'bout it. It's just like this one classmate's dad's funeral I went to when I was five, except I didn't have to get fancy for this." Korin nibbles on one of the sandwiches Miyuki had acquired.

[22:54:58] <Athon> Another yawn. "Hn."

[22:55:00] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Never knew the guy, but hey - family of a friend. Gotta do SOMETHING."

[22:55:05] <AdventFalls> Yukari dug into some hor'd'ourves, smiling at the taste.

[22:55:15] <Athon> "Yeah, makes sense for me."

[22:57:56] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi reaches into her pockets, tugging out something that should look very familiar - it's Wyll's old laptop, the one he carried around strapped to his arm. She flips open the top as she lays it on the table, eyeing the clock. "Hm."

[22:57:59] <OvermanXAN> Miyuki nods. "Even if it's a bit awkward, it's worth being here, I think."

 

[2011-03-25 17:42:03] <AdventFalls> "Kind of a shame Becca's not here. She was with Wyll for a good chunk of the last part of his life. I'm sure she would've wanted to be here. ...Her loss, I guess."

[17:46:39] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Perhaps..." Haruka breathes between swigs. "...or maybe she just got so dissatisfied with him being roundabout about it."

[17:48:29] <AdventFalls> "Either way, would've been some good closure for her." She took another swig. "Still, he got his point across. Even if we didn't realize it at first."

[17:53:21] <BSRaven> "I got your little message, whoever it was that thought it'd be a good idea to *mail* an invite instead of just calling." There's Alex once again, though this time he's not got the usual purple coat or red tie. And is that apple juice or something alcoholic in his hand...?

[17:55:17] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Ah, Alex. Pardon me for being old-fashioned about it. Figured going retro would've been in accordance with Wyll's wishes."

[17:55:38] <BSRaven> Confused face and a sip.

[17:58:19] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "...that and trolling. No other way to mark the lemony one's passing, is there?" Haruka's surprisingly straight-faced about dropping this hint to Alex.

[17:58:56] <BSRaven> On the word 'passing', a rather harsh gulp accompanied by coughing... and somehow, a coherent message. <What.>

[17:59:03] <AdventFalls> "He always did like to troll everyone. ....Kind of explains why everyone hated him when he first showed up, I guess."

[18:03:29] <BSRaven> "Yeah, that..." Cough. "Kinda was one of his quirks.."

[18:05:16] <AdventFalls> "Want some hor'd'ourves?"

[18:05:39] <BSRaven> He coughs again. "Ack... Gimme a few. Apple juice went down the wrong way."

[18:05:51] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi observes this discussion quietly, as if she's absorbing information.

[18:08:11] <AdventFalls> Yukari held up her glass. "To Wyll."

[18:08:35] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "To Wyll." Hey, no rules about toasting with a half-drunk container, right?

[18:08:56] <BSRaven> Alex's own goes up. "...To my best male friend."

[18:09:35] <Axel_Wildfire> This gets a confused look out of the small girl, and she kneels up in her seat to imitate them.

[18:10:21] <AdventFalls> The President hugged Haruka as she toasted, clinking the glasses together.

[18:11:11] <BSRaven> "...This leaves me with a problem."

[18:11:42] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Eh?" The white-haired lady's still blushing at the impromptu embrace.

[18:12:08] <BSRaven> "You know how busy the Mist gets. I can't do all that on my own and look after Vince, even with certain... tricks I've learned."

[18:13:21] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Mmmm, that WOULD be a bit of a pickle."

[18:13:53] <BSRaven> "...Come to think, he should be... y'know... before long."

[18:15:06] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Oi. THAT'll get a rise out of his mother for sure."

[18:15:37] <BSRaven> "That's the lesser of the two worries."

[18:15:42] <Axel_Wildfire> "You could sell it." Leksi chimes in reasonably, still kneeling up in her chair.

[18:16:11] <BSRaven> "Oh dear god no, I'm not getting *another* new job."

[18:20:20] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "I dunno, if it worked for that one American guy, it'd probably work for you."

[18:21:31] <BSRaven> Facepalm. "I went through jobs at an average rate of five a decade before the Mist came along. Trust me, I'm not sticking around again."

[18:22:21] <Axel_Wildfire> "Hire someone, then."

[18:22:35] <BSRaven> "Nobody applyin'."
[18:23:01] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi simply shrugs at that.
[18:23:46] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Could always get back in the game, if you felt like." Haruka's eyes seem to dart about at that, as if she wasn't suggesting it honestly.

[18:25:01] <BSRaven> "...Haruka, you forget what my second job is. Which is amusing, seeing as how it's partly *because* of that job that you even have those schems."

[18:28:36] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Well, you know what I mean."

[18:29:23] <BSRaven> "...Granted I doubt those lot're gonna be pleased when they find out I buggered up my Gear..." A nervous laugh. "Man, I swear me drinking causes fatalities."
[18:29:40] <BSRaven> "Never was one for ghosts showing up on the doorstep, and yet it happened."

[18:29:43] <Axel_Wildfire> "That would be highly improbable."

[18:30:13] <BSRaven> [...That's almost exactly like something Vince would say. Only he'd tell me it's "bloody unlikely".]

[18:30:44] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi sips at her punch, almost snootily.

[18:31:16] <BSRaven> "...I feel like I'm being looked down on by a child. This is awkward."

[18:37:46] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "You tell me..." Out of the corner of her eye, Haruka can spy Korin practically glaring a hole into Wyll's casket.

[18:38:31] <Axel_Wildfire> Leksi follows her gaze. "She doesn't get why you're holding a funeral for a foe."

[18:38:58] <OvermanXAN> Miyuki is not so much glaring a hole in it as ignoring it completely.

[18:41:12] <BSRaven> "..." [Something's bugging me...]

 

[19:27:41] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "If he were a proper foe, we wouldn't have spared the expense." Haruka drains the bottle before catching sight of Alex. "...you all right?"

 

[19:28:04] <BSRaven> "Yeah... Just... kinda trying to keep composure." Sip. "...Stuff happens if I don't."

[19:29:00] <Alexis_Weaver> Leksi glances at the clock on the laptop screen again, then over at the casket, looking vaguely irritated.

[19:29:34] <AdventFalls> Yukari glanced at Leksi, confused. "I'm guessing you've got somewhere to be?"

[19:29:58] <Alexis_Weaver> "No. Where would I go?" she looks back at Yukari.

[19:30:10] <BSRaven> <...Emmerich, what's with the kid? Pretty sure she ain't one of mine, but she looks FAR too similar to Vince to not be.>

[19:30:25] <AdventFalls> "Well, you're looking at the clock on your computer pretty anxiously."

[19:30:58] <@Haruka_Emmerich> /It's...well, if I said, it'd ruin the surprise./

[19:31:27] <BSRaven> <You know full damn well I hate surprises. Remember, it was *your* fault I had a heart attack.>

[19:31:54] <Alexis_Weaver> "I'm waiting for something." Leksi replies, eyeing the casket again before going back to her punch.

[19:32:13] <AdventFalls> "You know, if you stare at the casket hard enough, I'm sure Wyll's dead body will jump out and do a soft-shoe."

[19:33:07] <Alexis_Weaver> Actually, Wyll's corpse somehow comes unbalanced and manages to topple out onto the carpet with a *thud*.

[19:33:19] <BSRaven> "...Son of a bitch."

[19:33:39] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Oh dear."

[19:33:45] <AdventFalls> "That's gotta be my fault, must have misbalanced it," Yukari groaned.

[19:34:00] <BSRaven> "Mind if I sort it out?"

[19:34:11] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Could be, lemme check..." Haruka sets aside her empty bottle and saunters towards him.

[19:34:56] <Alexis_Weaver> No sooner has she reached his side than Wyll jacknifes back to his feet, very much alive - "Ha *ha*!" - and, eyes lighting on Haruka, he sweeps her up in both arms and proceeds to kiss her - deeply - dipping her back a loooong way down as he does.

[19:35:09] <AdventFalls> "...." Yukari's jaw dropped. "WHAT THE FUCK?"

[19:35:12] <BSRaven> "..."

[19:35:21] <BSRaven> Alex puts his glass down. "Tell me you've got some really, really strong alcohol."

[19:35:22] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Mmmmph..." Haruka shakes her fist.

[19:35:29] <AdventFalls> "...I... I checked your fucking pulse! I CHECKED IT!"

[19:36:01] <BSRaven> <Motherfucker.>

[19:36:10] <Alexis_Weaver> - and then Wyll literally *drops* her, bounds to the nearest table, grabs the closest bottle of beer, opens it with little care for the gash he gets in his hand (stupid soft skin versus metal) and proceeds to drink the entire thing in one shot, before slamming the bottle back down on the table hard enough to rattle the silverware. "Aaaaaand we're functional!"

[19:36:16] <Alexis_Weaver> Leksi looks *smug*.

[19:36:43] <AdventFalls> "I didn't even.... I got to you AFTER the window for my shit to work!"

[19:36:47] <BSRaven> "And 'we' have a lot of explaining to do. As soon as I figure out what the hell just happened."

[19:36:51] <@Haruka_Emmerich> Haruka, still sprawled on the carpet, is caught between a grin and a scowl.

[19:37:22] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll rounds on Leksi. "This is *your* fault. I thought I bargained for unaging, not *unkillable*."

[19:37:35] <Alexis_Weaver> "That would have been annoying," she replies calmly. "I just made you regenerative instead. Much easier."

[19:37:49] <AdventFalls> "So I patched up the fucking hole in his abdomen for nothing?"

[19:37:52] <BSRaven> "..."

[19:38:04] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Well, it would've been impolite for him to wake up with it..."

[19:38:13] <BSRaven> Alex just goes off to try and locate something with a lot of kick. Like maybe vodka. Or even stronger, if available.

[19:38:17] <AdventFalls> Yukari turned on Haruka. "....You KNEW?"

[19:38:31] <Alexis_Weaver> "No, he probably wouldn't have been on his feet for another six to twelve hours if you hadn't." Leksi sits back down in the chair, crossing her legs at the knee and sipping at her punch, while Wyll just shakes his head at being outsmarted by a little girl.

[19:38:58] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "He spilled about having a Trial Undead buddy twenty before he bought it." Haruka gets back up before patting Leksi on the shoulder.

[19:39:21] <AdventFalls> Yukari took a deep breath. "Well. This has been... a shockingly eventful day."

[19:40:11] <Alexis_Weaver> "Lose the Trial."

[19:40:14] <Alexis_Weaver> Leksi is untalkative as she's busy sipping at the amusingly-fruity punch.

[19:41:10] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "I still say it's doesn't lose the Trial until you use proper Undead DNA..." Before Haruka can regurgitate her lecture, someone's phone buzzes.

[19:41:27] <AdventFalls> "It's mine," Yukari sighed.
[19:41:37] <AdventFalls> She picked up. "Arukama."

[19:42:33] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Schaeffer. Deep shit in LA, put us on speakerphone."

[19:42:54] <AdventFalls> "Well, there's some news on our end. You want me to go first, or speakerphone?"

[19:44:06] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Speakerphone first."

[19:44:53] <AdventFalls> "May I have your attention please!" Yukari spoke up. "I need all JUNKER personnel's attention please, this is an announcement from your Interim CO, Aelita Schaeffer."

[19:44:57] <BSRaven> Oh hey, Alex is back. With a rather large bottle in his hand. "...Ghosts on the doorstep, huh..." Chug.

[19:45:02] <AdventFalls> The speakerphone went on.

[19:48:08] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "All JUNKER personnel...we have a break in the Memory Hopper case, and it ain't pretty." A staticky whine resounded through Yukari's phone - seems Aelita's doing some signal refinement on her end. "...Rebecca Hill and I have confirmed that they are the work of SHOCKER from a future attempting to assert itself in the timestream by dicking us up in their hijacked past."

[19:48:32] <AdventFalls> "......What in the fuck."

[19:48:36] <BSRaven> The brown-haired man just spittakes.

[19:48:54] <@Haruka_Emmerich> Haruka's heart seems to skip a beat in horror.

[19:50:13] <AdventFalls> "That... that's impossible. SHOCKER was crippled at the end of the Void Hour Incident, the rest of it got taken to the cleaners in the following years!"

[19:50:22] <Alexis_Weaver> Leksi doesn't have a reaction, and Wyll snaps his fingers into a point at the phone. "That makes sense. Explains why there are Hoppers and Inoueborgs everywhere. Also, hey sexy."

[19:50:59] <BSRaven> "...I am so grateful I got this."

[19:51:41] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Don't you 'hey sexy' me, Ascher, you ought to be stewing in confinement for petty Tenpai dickery." The Frenchwoman seems to have not picked up the cue that Wyll was ever killed off.

[19:51:54] <Alexis_Weaver> "Hey, I just came back from the dead, you know."

[19:51:55] <BSRaven> "He was pretty confined until about 5 minutes ago..."

[19:52:13] <AdventFalls> "Uh, Aelita. This kind of what I wanted to talk to you about. Those Hoppers KILLED Wyll a few hours ago. And then he came back."

[19:52:25] <Alexis_Weaver> "Wait, a few hours ago?" Wyll frowns. "That was fast -"

[19:52:33] <Alexis_Weaver> *"Yesterday."* Leksi cuts in.

[19:52:56] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "...son of a bitch, Wyll, when could you DO that?"

[19:53:09] <AdventFalls> "Still haven't beaten Master Chief's spawn time.... he's got a Trial Undead or something."

[19:53:42] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll casts Bigby's Chastising Finger at Yukari as he responds to Aelita. "Since I took a scythe in the gut for Haruka, apparently. ... and banged Django while I was down and dead just to piss Inoue off."

[19:54:04] <BSRaven> "..." Chug. "Why am I not surprised..."

[19:54:39] <AdventFalls> "Alright. How bad is the shit in LA, Aelita?"

[19:55:22] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Ugh, you WOULD go that route. All I did was school her at baccarat." Aelita grumbles. "Anyway, Becca and I are knee-deep in containing JUNKER LA, which turns out to have been hollowed into a Terra Geist cell. They're using high-end Ikaruga Z-series Memories."

[19:55:51] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll seriouses the fuck up. "Are you okay?"

[19:56:04] <AdventFalls> "Wait, I thought Hill up and quit."

[19:57:04] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Signed back up when our adjutant from the future dumped Decade in her hands. Good news, she's got the fighting spirit. Bad news, we don't know how much of it's being stoked by Violent Emotion."

[19:57:23] <BSRaven> "...Fucking Violent Emotion."

[19:57:25] <AdventFalls> "....Wait, wait, wait. She's using FUCKING DECADE?!"

[19:57:30] <Alexis_Weaver> "Christ." he moves over to the table the phone's on, leaning over it. "Aelita, you *are* okay?"

[19:58:45] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Yes, Wyll, SHUT UP." A flare of static. "Oh, and it gets better: apparently this Decade's frozen from when that timeline's Asuka went turncoat on SEES. Got every Heisei but Punch Hopper and Kivaara on board, and we can all guess why THOSE two are absent."

[19:59:16] <BSRaven> "..." Another chug, but this time VERY hearty. You sure leaving him with a large bottle of alcohol is a good idea?

[19:59:26] <AdventFalls> "....Asuka..... she wouldn't....." Yukari shook her head.

[19:59:46] <BSRaven> "Take nothin' fer granted with SEES..."

[19:59:47] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Sounds like in some backwater universe, she DID."

[19:59:49] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll snuffs a laugh. "The only two that didn't turn, and got mowed down because of it. Fucking hilarious. OH YES SHE WOULD, YUKARI, YOU SHUT THE FUCK UP." he rounds on her, unusually pissed off. "Do I *have* to remind you why Alex's father got *erased*!?"

[20:00:21] <BSRaven> "...Ya just had t'fuckin' bring that up..."

[20:00:28] <AdventFalls> Yukari sighed. "Sorry. Just... I have really mixed feelings on SEES-era Decade."

[20:00:30] <Alexis_Weaver> "Hey, he was my dad too."

[20:00:39] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Wyll. Down. No Dwelling Zone." Haruka and Aelita seem to order this in unison.

[20:00:43] <BSRaven> "That dun' give y'carte blanshe t'go off on one..."

[20:00:54] <AdventFalls> "So lemme get this straight, Aelita."

[20:00:54] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll exhales slowly. "Alex, you're drunk."

[20:01:40] <AdventFalls> "We're dealing with a time-travelling SHOCKER, an emotionally-distraught woman that may or may not be being influenced by Violent Emotion, and our primary overseas branch has been compromised by Terra Geist."

[20:01:42] <BSRaven> He shakes his head. "Nah, I can still make sorta-kinda-maybe okay sentencesh... sorta."

[20:01:59] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll moves over to his friend. "You have my Lost Driver on you?"

[20:02:15] <BSRaven> "Back at t'Mist..."

[20:02:41] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Long and short of it, Madame Prez. And Wyll...I'm placing you under arrest. No hard feelings, but you know what you did."

[20:02:50] <Alexis_Weaver> "Christ. Go home, come back when you're not drunk, with it. Yeah, yeah." he waves his hand at Haruka.

[20:03:08] <BSRaven> "...I ain't drunk!"

[20:03:31] <AdventFalls> "....Understood. I don't have to tell you your orders, Aelita. Just..... if Hill's being influenced by Violent, watch your damn back."

[20:03:50] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Too much on your breath for me to take chances." Haruka tries to drag the bottle out of Alex's hands.

[20:04:29] <Alexis_Weaver> "You're getting close to it." Wyll stops as Leksi tugs at his shirt. "What?"

[20:04:31] <Alexis_Weaver> "I wouldn't move about so much if I were you." she says around a mouhtful of punch. Wyll takes this as good advice and turns his attention back to the phone.

[20:04:32] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Already made a note of it, Yukari. Luckily our future guest is contracted with Sieg and doesn't afraid of anything. That's extra manpower we're gonna need."

[20:04:33] <Alexis_Weaver> "Take what shots you have to, Aelita. You better get back in here in enough of one piece to come poke fun at me being behind bars."

[20:04:52] <BSRaven> The man's grip on the bottle is surprisingly tight for someone who's apparently drunk. And there's a very unfamiliar look on his face..
[20:05:19] <BSRaven> A look of loneliness.

[20:05:28] <AdventFalls> "You have authorization to confiscate this future Decade as you see fit. Any thing else we should know?"

[20:05:32] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "D-dammit, Alex, don't make me mind-pry it outta ya..."

[20:06:27] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "...if Japan Airlines bills JUNKER for cleaning on a Large uniform, direct it to me."

[20:06:37] <BSRaven> "S'fine, I'll still remember in the morning...!" Pause. "...I think."

[20:06:59] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll can't help but snipe at her. "You're a Large now?"
[20:07:32] <BSRaven> "Y'likes 'em big 'n' juishy..."

[20:07:46] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "I didn't shrink THAT much when I respawned!" Though at Alex's comment, Aelita seems to inwardly whimper.

[20:07:47] <Alexis_Weaver> "I like them Aelita-shaped." he responds drily.

[20:08:02] <BSRaven> "Shtill came in Large onshe..."

[20:08:50] <AdventFalls> "Alright, Aelita. Stay in contact with me. Arukama over and out."

[20:09:24] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Will do. And tell Haruka to do something that ain't sulking." The line goes dead.

[20:10:22] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll chuckles and claps his hands together. "Alright." he looks between Yukari and Haruka. "Which of you is in charge at the moment?"

[20:10:45] <BSRaven> "In th'bedroom or th'company? No s'shure they're one 'n' the shame..."

[20:10:56] <AdventFalls> "Haruka's on administrative leave. Technically, Kaoru's in command, but I'm authorized to act."

[20:11:21] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "As for the bedroom...I think that devolves to Royce right now."

[20:11:39] <BSRaven> "...Low blow..." Oh crap, he's going for another swig.

[20:11:59] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll turns to Yukari. "Requesting a posting to JUNKER's R&D division and instruction in anti-Rider techniques, and confinement to base-and-duties in lieu of an actual arrest."

[20:12:55] <AdventFalls> "....We'll discuss it en route to JUNKER HQ, Wyll. Until then, you know how things work. And even if I do, you're not getting Tenpai back."
[20:13:09] <AdventFalls> She held up a pair of handcuffs.

[20:13:19] <Alexis_Weaver> "I agree. It's already failed once, and I have something better in mind." He reaches into his pocket and clicks something.
[20:13:27] <Alexis_Weaver> >>XTREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEME<<

[20:13:33] <BSRaven> "...Haw fack off..."

[20:13:39] <Alexis_Weaver> ... and then Wyll sees the handcuffs. "Oh come the fuck on, you don't need those."
[20:13:50] <Alexis_Weaver> "... why do you even have those here - NO."

[20:13:56] <@Haruka_Emmerich> Haruka blushes.

[20:14:02] <BSRaven> Alex smirks.

[20:14:06] <Alexis_Weaver> He suddenly realises that that way lies madness. "DON'T ANSWER THA-" and then he sees the blush. "Fuckdamnit Haruka."

[20:14:38] <AdventFalls> Yukari shook her head. "Relax, I'm not mixing business and pleasure.... today. Just put them on and I'll escort you to JUNKER HQ. We'll talk about your request en route."

[20:15:13] <Alexis_Weaver> Wyll looks annoyed. "You are not cuffing me. They chafe." ... how does *he* know that?

[20:15:36] <AdventFalls> "...Fine. You are still coming with me to HQ though. Because even if I accept your request, you'll be staying there regardless."

[20:16:12] <BSRaven> Another smirk as the red-eyed man empties the bottle and puts it down. "Hokai... Tha's 'nuff f'me m'thinks..."

[20:16:27] <Alexis_Weaver> "Yep, that's fine by me." he smiles easily and then glances at Alex. "Hey, you."

[20:16:33] <BSRaven> "Wat."

[20:16:45] <Alexis_Weaver> "Get someone to give you a lift home and get some sleep. That's not a request."

[20:17:03] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "I'll do it." Haruka raises her hand. "On admin leave anyway."

[20:17:05] <BSRaven> "Implyin' I didn't wal' here..."

[20:18:01] <AdventFalls> Yukari walked up to Wyll and nodded. "Come with me, please."

[20:18:30] <Alexis_Weaver> "I don't care, you're not walking back in that state." Wyll folds his arms and nods. "Yeah, let's go. Glad to see you followed my request for the party, by the way."

[20:18:42] <Alexis_Weaver> Leksi quietly observes all of this around a second glass of punch. "Idiots."

[20:18:57] <AdventFalls> "Have to honor a man's last request. Even if he didn't stay dead." The two began to leave the area.

 

(Wyll of Sale begins here)

 

[20:18:57] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "C'mon..." The white-haired woman starts dragging Alex toward the garage - catching sight of the bottle label as she does.

[20:19:49] <BSRaven> "Course I ain' walkin' back... I'd jush' run back!" ...Holy shit he emptied a bottle of vodka on his own. The fact he's not throwing up half the week's dinners is testament to some serious tolerance goin' on.

[20:21:37] <@Haruka_Emmerich> "Not with a whole bottle of Stolichnaya in your tank, you won't." Haruka keeps dragging - she'd strap Alex down to Wing Cycle if it were necessary, and he began to feel heavy enough for it to possibly be so.

[20:22:29] <BSRaven> "Y'd be s'prised..." A smirk.

[20:27:22] <@Haruka_Emmerich> She simply kicks in the door to the garage and smacks the opener button. "No room for surprises. Not yet, anyway."
[20:27:27] <@Haruka_Emmerich> = =