Cinema Village

[Chachamaru v2]

Xenon looked towards the money that Satomi had so kindly given her. She knew that there would be no way for her to pay her back anytime soon; unless she permanently dedicated about 50% of her resources working for several different modding teams; but that would then have a noticeable impact on her functionality, not to mention that it would mean that she'd never stop getting work - such a project was a long-term commitment, unless the mod team was to spontaneously disband, which happened far too often - in which case she wouldn't get any payment. It was a a very nice gesture of Satomi, and Xenon really wanted to accept...

"No..."" She shook her head, sounding quite serious for just a moment, before a smile crossed her face again. "It's not that I don't appreciate the gesture - I am incredibly grateful; but this is your money, Satomi-san. It wouldn't be right for me to spend it; especially since I don't have any means by which to pay you back." She took Satomi's hand, putting the money back into it, gently making closing Satomi's fingers around it. She smiled at her operator, tilting her head slightly. "You keep it." The reason for her refusal of the money was simple; she didn't need it. By actually finding a loophole within her own programming - not that it took much searching, this experimental data was practically full of bugs - she managed to refuse the offer by telling herself that she had no need for it; and as a human, Satomi would need it more for the required necessities for a human - Food and such.  

[Urd Tanzanite]

((This'll be a short post as I only now just got done reading through the threads and have caught up. It's nearing midnight and I need my sleep.))


Ken returned Mikhail's questioning looking with a shrug of his shoulders and turned to follow the girls as they walked after Satomi. As they approached, he began to wonder about what he could purchase and what he wanted to dress up as--Yagyu Jubei? One of the Hattori Hanzos? A senshi? Hmm, then he could carry around his guns, holstered of course.... It was something to think about.


((OK, more later.))  

[ShadowOfIce]

Well that was a shame; she actually would have liked seeing Xenon in a kimono. Or maybe they could try a costume shop later? They were cheaper than kimonos, and Xenon would be able to make quite a few of the outfits they have here work for her. Though since she was reluctant about taking any money from Xenon as she kindly denied it, Satomi pocketed it once again before giving a slow nod in understanding. "Well, if you say so." She said with a soft sigh, sounding just a little disheartened that Xenon wouldn't join them for the fun in dressing up or cosplaying.

"C'mon, let's go meet up with the others! We should find Sosuke's group too." With a soft smile, she quickly took hold of Xenon's wrist before suddenly pulling her along as she made her way out of the store. She wasn't able to walk very quickly though, seeing as how this was the first time Satomi was wearing something that was similar to high-heels, and she had never worn those kinds of shoes before. It wasn't bad, but it was going to take some getting used to.

As they left the store, Satomi quickly punched in a few buttons on her Chronographer watch, attempting to contact Sosuke now, that way the two of them could meet up now. As well, she would have to find the rest of her own group too, so she made sure to send them a text before trying to get to Sosuke. Figuring that she would contact Mana again since her classmate responded quickly the last time, she sent her a brief text first.

Hey~ Sorry I was gone so long, where is the group right now? I'll meet up with ya. Oh! And did you guys buy a costume? I managed to find something special~

She smiled a little to herself at the though of just what kind of costumes they would all be wearing. Mana and Kazumi especially, since she knew the two from last year in school. Just what would they get?

Zazie had followed silently with Kaede as they went towards the shop, passing her time by doing a bit of juggling, having produced four red balls from inside her cloak as she casually did the feat as if it was as simple as breathing to her. She stopped this though when Kaede offered her a few dango, and Zazie accepted it with that same dull expression on her face despite her gratitude. "Thank you. De gozaru." She said bluntly, imitating Kaede's words for a moment, but saying in such a dull fashion that it didn't sound right. It wasn't the first time she mimicked Kaede or what someone else did either, in fact, she did this from time to time.

It was at that time that she caught site of a fellow classmate passing by; one of the few who she actually willingly spoke to like she did with Kaede; it was Mana. Mana was the one whom she had spoken the most to over the past year, and it wasn't uncommen to see the two together often. But since she had been put in a different dorm room this year, the two had barely had the time to communicate. So, without even explaining to Kaede her reasons why, she slowly began to walk away, unsure if Kaede would follow or not as she began to approach Mana and the group she was with, once again producing the red, rubber balls as she juggled them while walking over to Mana.  

[Chachamaru v2]

[Grundy arrives with Chachamaru after a very long run from The Orc's Den]

Grundy had actually rather enjoyed the journey from his home to here - it was not only good exercise, but because of Chachamaru being a robot, it meant that the two could move a continuous running speed without either of them actually getting tired; even with Grundy in full armour. Still carrying the HDTV in one hand, the axe on the other, he looked around with some confusion as to what exactly was going on; after all, he didn't know anything about Cinema Village - it was all he could do to pronounce the words 'cinema' and 'village' on their own. In all honesty, he didn't really look too out of place; it was just the TV that ruined the look. Personally, he had no intention of carting it around all day anyway, and he'd be keeping an eye out all day for somewhere to leave the bloody thing. He wanted it working, sure, but he'd rather have his arm free for swinging his axe.

He looked towards Chachamaru and nodded. "Thank you, Cha." He said, not even attempting to pronounce her name properly as he knew that he'd fail hard if he did. "Me go find someone to help now; I find you later." He said simply, before walking away from her, looking around. He attracted quite a few stares - of course he did; even in a costume, it's no easy feat to make someone eight feet tall. All he knew now was that he needed to find 'Hakase'. He had no idea what they looked like, how tall they were, or even what species they were - but thinking of such problems - or even actually noting them in the first place - was not something that the dopey orc tended to do.

On her little Patrol, Cassandra suddenly stopped. Something felt wrong. Very wrong. It didn't take her long to figure out exactly what the problem was. 'What?! He's... Here?!' She had just been about to check on Grundy, to make sure he hadn't gone and raided the dorms or something, only to find that he was actually in Cinema village. As far as places for a heavily-armored orc to wander around goes, it was a comparatively good one; and at least she'd have some more firepower - not to mention someone to carry her. Walking's overrated, after all. Without letting Grundy know that she was here, she began to head towards where she could detect his cyst. Even though he'd be about as effective as a toilet brush made of sherbet as far as the actual searching was concerned, having him around to help break some skulls and shatter some kneecaps would definitely be valuable.

Xenon simply followed Satomi obediently, but she couldn't help but notice the sigh. She hoped she hadn't hurt Satomi's feelings too much by declining the money - she was only doing what she thought was the best course of action. She then decided to herself that it was a lose-lose situation, and that she probably chose the lesser of the two evils. She kept quiet for the time being, not wanting to interrupt her communications to the others.  

[Angelofdeath690]

Kaede smiled and nodded when Zazie imitated her a little to thank her for the dango. She watched as she started to walk away as she glanced up seeing Mana there she only kept her smile as she followed along behind Zazie. Kaede too a bite from her dango as she walked along with Zazie toward Mana and her group.  

[C h o t t o C h o c o]

((Nice drawing, Shadow~))

Sosuke grinned at the sight of Driviline's outfit. While Driviline was in the dressing room, Sosuke himself had been looking around for an outfit, but didn't find anything of interest, but he felt silly wearing street clothes, while Satomi and the rest of her group would probably be wearing some sort of outfit. Taking a random outfit off of a rack, Sosuke patted Driviline's shoulder as he passed him. "I'll be right back!" Sosuke added, before disappearing into a dressing room.

A few minutes later, Sosuke was adjusting the sash on his waist. Back home, he was required to wear traditional Japanese clothes such as this one, but he was never too fond of it. He was wearing a simple men's kimono, with navy pleated bottoms, and a white top. His feet were covered with white ankle-length socks, and a flat sandal. His red hair was different too. There were extensions now, and the hair was tied up into a high ponytail, with a white headband wrapped around his head.

Paying for the outfit, and pulling Driviline out of the store with him, Sosuke decided that Satomi must be here now. "I think Satomi-chan's group will be here, now, Hana-kun." Sosuke said, pressing some buttons on his watch. To Satomi, it should say on her watch that Sosuke was trying to contact her.

((Now, I can't draw squat, and I'm terrible at tekteking, so I just described the outfit. As for the hair, just think....Renji, from Bleach.))  

[Takyusu]

[Arrives with Grundy]

Chachamaru arrives at the destination, she had picked to cover Grundy's particular appearance. She stared at Grundy as he thanked her and trundled off, before she could say anything. Well her mission was accomplished she did bring Grundy to Kyoto as agreed, but she knew she couldn't let him just wonder around and potentially wreak havoc in the city.
So that best way to resolve this was to find Hakase and bring her to the orc asap. Chachamaru did receive her share of looks at her appearance. Moving quickly Chachamaru followed Grundy hoping to stop the creature before anything bad would happen. At the same time she was accessing her information on the class trip to find the hotel in which they were staying in.  

[Negi Springfield 2008]

Driviline nodded as Sosuke sent the message to Satomi. He looked around at all the other people that were dressed up as well. He spotted an gaint orc thing holding a tv. "Wow, some people really go all out with their outfits." He tried to see if he could find Satomi, but didn't find her at all. He let out a sigh as he waits for a reply form her on Sosuke's watch telling them where to meet up at.  

[Chachamaru v2]

Grundy simply ignored Chachamaru following him; as far as he was concerned, she just happened to be going the same way as him; it wasn't like she'd said they weren't going to be meeting up later. He couldn't help but hear Driviline's remark, and although he didn't know Driviline, he remembered Sosuke; after all, he'd been digging a ditch with him before. He looked down towards Driviline, talking from behind his helmet. Even if his hands weren't both full, he wouldn't remove it - politeness had nothing to do with him. "You two. You from Mahor.. Maho... Mahora, yes?"  

[Lip-Desu]

Asakura would receive the following message on her cell phone, as a text message. "Asakura-san, Yuuna-san has a plan and needs a voice recording of Konoka-san."  

[Takyusu]

Chachamaru turned to look at the pair of boys that Grundy addressed. It appeared Grundy recognized them, which surprised her. Deciding to look through her files, she soon finds info on both Driviline and Sosuke. "Grundy-san let me talk to them." Chachamaru turns to face the pair and bows. "Driviline Hanashow-san and Sosuke Yamashita-san, from Class- 2B, Could you help us locate another student? I am Chachamaru Karakuri of Class-2A. I am looking for a fellow classmate, Satomi Hakase-san, do know where shs is currenlty located."  

[Negi Springfield 2008]

Driviline was shocked when the orc came up to him. He quickly shook this off. He started to smile. Although when Chachamaru greeted him by name he seemed to smile even more. He bows back to her. "Ah, it is a pleasure to meet you Chachamaru-san and... ummmm.... Grundy-san. May I ask why you are looking for my roommate, Sat-chan?" He had a slightly evil grin on his face, although it was slightly hidden from the shadow of his straw hat.  

[Takyusu]

Chachamaru responds to Driviline, "I am sorry Driviline Hanashow-san, but I cannot divulge that information to you. This is a private matter, between Grundy-san, Satomi Hakase-san, and myself." She bows to him, "I understand if you are not willing to help us. I am sure we can locate her on our own. Though your help would expedite our mission." Chachamaru straightens back up, and waits for a response. Chachamaru would like to have his help, but if he chose not to help than sh ewould continue to look on her own. What Grundy would do if they refused to help? Chachamaru could only guess.  

[ShadowOfIce]

Just as Satomi was about to send her message to Sosuke, it seemed he beat her to it once again. Blinking a few times from the strange coincidence, she managed to hit the accept button as she departed the store with Xenon, looking into the watch so she could see them through the screen just as they could see her. After a few seconds, the messages connected, and Sosuke appeared on the tiny screen.

"Sosuke-kun~ Good timing. Where are you right now? I was thinking we could meet up now." She sounded as cheerful as ever, obviously showing that after the talk she had with Sosuke, she had completely forgiven him and was glad to be able to see him once again. Though, her eyes seemed to widen a bit when she heard two familiar voices; Driviline and... Chachamaru?!? "Wh-Who's there right now? Is that Chachamaru-san?" She said in a brief panic, her voice loud enough in coming from Sosuke's end of the watch for her robotic creation to be able to hear her. Honestly, she had never expected to hear about her being here. Just how did she end up in Kyoto??  

[Negi Springfield 2008]

Driviline sighed a bit. "Well, I guess I can help you out. You see we are in fact going to be meeting up with Sat-chan soon. So, if you stick with us, you will find Satomi." He smiles again. "And the more the merrier as they old saying goes." He starts to laugh a bit, but quickly turns around and tries to contact Satomi. After pressing a few buttons he sent a voice mail to Satomi. "Hey Sat-chan. Me and Sosuke are waiting for you by this Costume shop. We bumped into Grundy-san and Chachamaru-san here and they seem to have something that they need you for. They won't tell me what, but I am sure it is something that only you can fix. Hope to see you soon! Hana-kun out." He then turned around smiling at Grundy and Chachamaru. "She should be coming here soon. So, we just have to wait." He looked up at Grundy with a smile. They didn't seem like they were out to harm Satomi, but he didn't feel like it was a good idea to let them run around randomly looking for her. He just hope they would be nice enough to wait here with them. Plus having the orc near by made them harder to miss, so he was happy to have Grundy nearby.