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whos_da_man April 5 2009, 19:37:10 UTC
[I swear, Akihiko-senpai, Ryouji and I found the inflatable dolphin abandoned at the station. How could we possibly not rescue it?]

Sweet! The food smelled awesome, looked awesome and Junpei bet it'd taste awesome too.

With the onset of lunch and the pressing matters he needed to talk to Akihiko about, since the teen's usual sounding board was conspicuously absent and probably pimping it up with half the school while they were gone, Junpei put the matter of Kiato and Yukari's steamy love affair out of his mind. He had his own to worry about.

Finding a table in a corner where he could keep an eye on the rest of the room, mostly so he could keep track of where all three girls were going to be sitting so he could know when he needed to shut up, Junpei started into his food. Halfway through one of the pieces of fish, he spotted Akihiko. Waving to this senpai to get his attention, Junpei tried to figure out how he wanted to talk about this, especially since it wasn't like Akihiko had any experience with this kind of thing either.

Maybe he'd break the ice with Kyoto...

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fourtharcana April 6 2009, 00:43:33 UTC
[Sure you did, Iori. Sure you did.]

Well, that had been fun. Sure, soccer wasn't his sport, usually, but even with having gotten Boxing Club up and running, it wasn't the level of training he was used to, so having some time to run around had been good.

And probably a good thing, too. Akihiko noticed Junpei waving as soon as he got into the cafeteria, so he filled up his tray quickly and took the seat across from him.

"Hey. You wanted to talk to me about something?"

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whos_da_man April 6 2009, 00:56:07 UTC
[Come on, senpai, admit it; you want a ride on the inflatable dolphin, too.]

Junpei's grin faded off his face, but he quickly covered it by shoving some of his food into his mouth and nodded. After swallowing, he decided he's bring up Kyoto first. Thankfully, he didn't see any of the girls in the room yet.

"So, Mitsuru-senpai comes from the Kyoto trip, right? You happen to know which day? Has she said anything to you about what happened during the trip?"

If Akihiko didn't mention execution, then Mitsuru had to have come from before that little incident.

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fourtharcana April 6 2009, 01:28:24 UTC
[...well, as long as no one's taking pictures.]

"Yeah, she said that was the last thing she remembered," Akihiko said, in between bites. "I think it was the second day of the trip when she got brought here? Either way, she didn't mention anything particularly unusual about it. And you know her, if something had gone on that we all needed to know about, she would have said something."

A puzzled expression came over his face. "So what's up? Something happen?"

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whos_da_man April 6 2009, 01:42:15 UTC
[No one's taking pictures! I don;t even own a camera. *will pull from security system later*]

Sweet! That meant Mitsuru had arrived before that incident in the hot springs. Junpei grinned and ducked his head a little, clearly searching out the locations of the girls. Are any of them in earshot? Nope. Perfect.

"Oh man," he said, his voice very hushed. "The most glorious thing happened that night." He paused for dramatic effect. "In the hotel hot springs."

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fourtharcana April 6 2009, 03:06:47 UTC
[...if there's a security system, Aki's changed his mind. :| ]

Akihiko whipped his head around, looking for Mitsuru, Yukari, Chidori, and - after the recent bulletin board fiasco - Ken. He breathed a sigh of relief when he realized none of the four were within earshot. There were a limited number of things that tone of voice would mean, and all of them would mean trouble if they were overheard by the wrong people.

"...tell me you - wait - we - didn't. Or that if we were all crazy enough to do it, that we didn't get busted."

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whos_da_man April 6 2009, 03:12:01 UTC
When Akihiko looked for the girls, Junpei looked again as well.

"We didn't mean to. Sure, Ryouji and I were joking about what would happen if we were still there when the sessions changed from men to women, but honestly, we didn't plan it," he said, his voice barely audible.

"But it did and there they were. All four of them, in nothing but towels. White towels."

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fourtharcana April 6 2009, 03:57:15 UTC
"...who's Ryouji?" The question was out of his mouth before he even realized it, but it was still valid enough.

"You seriously didn't plan it?" It didn't matter if this Ryouji guy was joking around or not - sticking around a little too long on purpose was something he wouldn't put past Junpei for a minute. "Sorry, I'm just finding that a little hard to believe."

All four of them - shit. This can't have ended well. Unless he somehow pulled off some kind of miracle and managed to talk them down. "You didn't answer my question," Akihiko said, one eye on Junpei and the other scanning just to make sure none of the girls in question were within earshot. "So, did you-know-who get us out of it, or was it, as I suspect, the worst execution ever?"

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whos_da_man April 6 2009, 04:12:18 UTC
Junpei blinked, wondering what crack Akihiko was smoking when he remembered that his senpai wouldn't know Ryouji. "He's a transfer student that started school not too long after the November full moon. He's a pretty cool guy and a bigger flirt than I am. Anyways, that's not important."

He shook his head a little. "You know, I almost wish I had planned it, considering everyone thinks I did. At least then I'd have bragging rights. But yeah, we got caught. Fuuka saw us as we tried to sneak out. I've never seen those four that angry before. So yeah, brutal executions all around."

Junpei grinned then. "But, dude, seriously? SO. FUCKING. WORTH. IT. Those white towels, we from the steamy waters, clinging to their bodies, showing off each and every curve..."

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fourtharcana April 6 2009, 04:56:06 UTC
Akihiko simply nodded at the response to that first question. If the guy had wound up joining S.E.E.S., Junpei would've mentioned the fact, so it really wasn't so important.

"You're surprised that everyone thinks you planned it? Really?" He rolled his eyes just a little bit, but that stopped the instant the word 'execution' came up, and he froze in place for a moment. Note to my future self: don't be an idiot. Check the damn schedules, and remember that windows can, in theory, serve to block spells. Maybe.

He didn't say anything else for a couple of minutes. There was the fact of what had happened a couple of nights ago, of course, but there was no way in the world he was going to mention it right now. It would invariably get back to Mitsuru, and he didn't particularly want to test the limits on how much of an execution she could perform here.

"...wait, what? You're saying we actually saw something before that?"

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whos_da_man April 6 2009, 05:02:18 UTC
Junpei's head nodded so fast he might as well have been one of those bobble-head dolls.

"Hell yeah! They were standing right there in front of us, glaring down at us, with the towels and the clinging and the chorus of angels... before Mitsuru-senpai executed us."

He tapped the table top. "Seriously, dude. It was so worth it. Do not stop yourself from letting it happen. Though... maybe try sneaking to the left first. Yuka-tan's easier to get by than Fuuka."

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fourtharcana April 6 2009, 16:37:38 UTC
"You realize that now this is absolutely going to get the both of us executed, right? Before it can even happen?" Sure, he hadn't seen Yukari, and Mitsuru was deep in conversation across the room and likely not paying much attention - or at least Akihiko hoped that she wasn't - but. Things like that tended to have a way of coming to light at exceedingly bad times.

"And that after what happened the other -- oh crap, never mind." You idiot. Now he's rubbing off on you. Good job almost letting that slip.

"Anyway, why bring this up now? Bragging rights?"

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whos_da_man April 7 2009, 01:03:10 UTC
Junpei suddenly got the most serious look on his face and he reached across the table to grasp Akihiko's forearm.

"Dude. Not a word more of what happened in Kyoto will ever be spoken of again. If any of the girls find out about it, it will have come from you. I'm trusting you with this information. Do not betray that trust."

He then leaned back, grinning a bit. "Now... what happened the other day? Night? Did you finally get the balls to ask her out or something? or did she catch you staring at her ass?"

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fourtharcana April 7 2009, 03:41:02 UTC
"Nothing you need to know about in detail," Akihiko said, addressing that last question just a little too quickly. "We just ran into a weird kid who teleported the both of us. I still don't know who the hell he was, or where we ended up."

He gave Junpei a stern look after that. "Are you kidding? With Ken posting awkward questions to the bulletin like he's doing, the last thing I want to do is say anything about what happened. You can see it just as easily as I can. It'll be like July all over again, and no one wants a repeat of those questions."

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whos_da_man April 7 2009, 03:44:32 UTC
"July? What July? I have no idea what you're talking about senpai. This year was special and the emperor declared there would be no July," Junpei replied, completely deadpan. "Didn't you get the email?"

He then snorted. "Oh, I don't. do I? What'd you end up with like no clothes on when you landed wherever you teleported to?"

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fourtharcana April 7 2009, 05:32:13 UTC
"Apparently it went to my spam folder," Akihiko shot back, equally deadpan. And then came that next line, and the look on his face changed completely.

"How the hell did you know -- oh, shit." He smacked his forehead hard with his right hand. Well, the cat was out of the bag now.

"Okay, you got me, clothing got swapped around and displaced when we got teleported. But it's like Kyoto and July. It never happened, and if I hear that it did, I reserve the right to use you for boxing practice."

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