The Whole She-bang Adam and Eriko 3

[1:38pm] DrSavage: Adam sits in rec, reading.
[1:41pm] Alivi: Eriko walks in with her notebook in her arms.
[1:41pm] Alivi: She sees Adam and smiles a bit.
[1:42pm] padri: Renee walks to the rec room with her book.
[1:42pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles at Renee, "Hi!"
[1:43pm] padri: "Eriko!" She smiles. "Good evening."
[1:44pm] Alivi: "How are you?"
[1:44pm] padri: "I'm doing fine. Couldn't sleep, so I thought I'd do some late night reading."
[1:45pm] DrSavage: Adam looks to them both, hiding a blush with his book.
[1:46pm] padri: She looks around, sensing something off.
[1:46pm] Alivi: "Ahhhh me too! Cept I've been writing," She holds out her notebook, "I am practicing English!"
[1:47pm] DrSavage: Adam peeks at them.
[1:48pm] NachtRuine: Zach enters the rec, blueprint paper in hand as always.
[1:49pm] padri: "Oh?"
[1:49pm] padri: She glances at Adam. Something's weird.
[1:49pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles and nods and waves as Zach comes in.
[1:50pm] NachtRuine: Zach waves back. He sits down at a table and simply stares at his paper, rather than both staring and making small marks.
[1:50pm] padri: "How goes, Adam? Zach?"
[1:51pm] DrSavage: "Goes good. Doing better."
[1:51pm] NachtRuine: "I could be better. Trying to figure something out."
[1:52pm] padri: She gives Adam a look, not sure what's up, then turns to Zach. "What is it?"
[1:53pm] NachtRuine: "I'd rather not say, seeing how it'd probably bore you. It involves the gun I'm planning for Ralph."
[1:54pm] padri: "I don't think I'd understand, but I would be interested."
[1:55pm] DrSavage: Adam gives the
[1:55pm] NachtRuine: "But you'd have to understand it to... Alright, you want to hear?" He pats the seat next to him.
[1:55pm] Alivi: "Oh?"
[1:55pm] DrSavage: 'I'm fine look
[1:57pm] padri: She moves to sit with Zach and listen. If Adam's fine, she can stop worrying about him.
[2:00pm] DrSavage: Adam reaches into a pocket, tossing a bundle to each of them.
[2:00pm] Alivi: Eriko sits down near Adam and begins writing.
[2:00pm] NachtRuine: "I'm trying to remake a gun that already exists. But I'm having issues with remembering whether or not to put an open post type front sight with a V rear or to hood the open post and give it a standard sight line."
[2:00pm] padri: She's tacken by surprise and fumbles the bundle.
[2:01pm] padri: "Well, if you're making it, can't you decide? It's something that already exists, but he did want /you/ to make it."
[2:02pm] NachtRuine: "Well, I can't really just decide. Standard sight lines are more trouble to aim at medium ranges, but if I were to put a specialized sight line pattern, I'd have to be precise and it would only be suited for sharpshooting at that point."
[2:03pm] DrSavage: Adam smiles at Eriko.
[2:03pm] padri: "Then ask Ralph what he wants."
[2:03pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles back.
[2:03pm] padri: What's in the bundle?
[2:03pm] padri: She frowns.
[2:04pm] NachtRuine: "Yeah, I guess I could. But I doubt he'll be much help. Probably'll just tell me to paint them red or something."
[2:05pm] padri: She laughs.
[2:05pm] DrSavage: Cookie-brownies!
[2:05pm] padri: "Thank you, Adam." She takes a bite.
[2:05pm] Alivi: Eriko sees Renee open her bundle Eriko looks inside hers and takes one out and tries it. She smiles.
[2:06pm] Alivi: "These are really good."
[2:06pm] NachtRuine: "I mean, if all he wanted was a gun still in production, but with a red stock, he could just make it his own self. But I guess there's always a sentiment with things that people close to you make."
[2:07pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Zach, "Oh how is Simon's gun coming a long?"
[2:08pm] padri: She nods.
[2:09pm] NachtRuine: Zach looks back to her. "I thought that I should wait for you to have some spare time so that you could build it with me. Y'know, like we did before."
[2:09pm] Alivi: "We should!
[2:10pm] NachtRuine: Zach smiles. "Well, that's why I waited."
[2:12pm] DrSavage: Adam smiles, watching them.
[2:14pm] Alivi: "Sometime soon yes?"
[2:15pm] NachtRuine: "We could do it now. Unless you had other stuff you needed to do."
[2:15pm] DrSavage: "Hmmm."
[2:16pm] Alivi: Eriko nods, "I think i am free!"
[2:16pm] NachtRuine: "Alright then. On the way, I'll have to get what we've made so far and the metal from my room."
[2:17pm] Alivi: "Ok!"
[2:18pm] NachtRuine: Zach stands up and takes the blueprint paper, rolling it up. He then begins to walk out of rec.
[2:18pm] Alivi: Eriko gets up and follows.
[2:19pm] padri: "So Adam! How goes?"
[2:20pm] NachtRuine: Zach begins the walk to engineering. "So, have you decided what you want engraved yet?"
[2:20pm] DrSavage: "Great, really. Shall I make tea?"
[2:24pm] Alivi: "Yes! It is a Japanese saying, Hana yori Dango… means Substance before apperance."
[2:24pm] padri: "Sure." She smiles.
[2:24pm] DrSavage: Adam nods, brewing some tea.
[2:25pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles at Zach.
[2:25pm] DrSavage: "Renee...there's...something I should tell you."
[2:26pm] NachtRuine: Zach smiles as well. "That sounds very nice. Did you want that written out in English letters or Japanese symbols?"
[2:26pm] padri: "Oh?"
[2:27pm] DrSavage: Adam takes a deep breath. "Geeze...Eriko and I...kissed..it was my fault...I was in a moment of weakness and trying to bring her back from the brink...and I succeeded...but that was the cost..."
[2:28pm] padri: "The . . . cost?"
[2:28pm] padri: "A kiss isn't a cost, Adam." She doesn't understand.
[2:28pm] Alivi: "Let's do Japanese ones, I can show you how to write it. Japanese looks cooler to westerners right?"
[2:29pm] padri: "A kiss is a good thing."
[2:29pm] DrSavage: "I'm..flustered. It really helped her...and she is doing much better now. She knows it was just a bad move on my part."
[2:29pm] NachtRuine: Zach chuckles a little. "To some, yeah. Others don't really think about it either way. I think it's how complex the symbols look."
[2:29pm] padri: "A bad move?" She sounds confused.
[2:29pm] DrSavage: Adam chokes a bit. "Renee...it isn't..when it's with another girl...and I want /you/..."
[2:30pm] padri: ". . ."
[2:30pm] DrSavage: "Eriko's very nice, and she is certainly pretty...but she isn't you..."
[2:31pm] padri: "Why?" Her voice is flat.
[2:31pm] Alivi: "They aren't tooooo complex, just have to be careful."
[2:31pm] DrSavage: Adam looks worried now. "Why what?"
[2:31pm] padri: "Why would you do that to the girl?"
[2:31pm] NachtRuine: "Careful? Why's that?"
[2:32pm] Alivi: "If you make wrong one, you say something else, for example, "Hana yori dango" can be written two ways but the other one means, "Boys over Flowers."
[2:33pm] DrSavage: "Because I'm an idiot....and not as good as I'm made out to be..." He puts his head in his hands.
[2:34pm] padri: ~I must stay neutral.~ "Alright, then." Her voice sounds far less accusitory than before. "What are you going to do about it?"
[2:34pm] NachtRuine: "Right. Well, if you give it to me in the Japanese writing, I'll do my best to make sure you get the better message across."
[2:34pm] DrSavage: "She understood me and her are only friends and she's fine with it. She is back out of her shell....but my method has caused problems..."
[2:34pm] Alivi: "Ok!"
[2:35pm] DrSavage: Adam sighs, turning to the wall. "I make mistakes at the worst times."
[2:35pm] NachtRuine: The two reach Zach's room and he puts away his blueprint paper and gets the metal and the already made pieces. "We agreed that we'd remake the barrel, right?"
[2:36pm] padri: "Does she understand? She seemed to be flirting with you."
[2:36pm] Alivi: "Yes, that way it is a bit better"
[2:37pm] NachtRuine: "And the better we make it, the better he can use it."
[2:37pm] DrSavage: "She does. I think this is just fresh to her since she's been here. I'll check with her later...Renee...I still want us to be together...and I hope you want it sometime too..."
[2:38pm] padri: She shakes her head.
[2:39pm] DrSavage: "What?"
[2:40pm] Alivi: "Yes! " Eriko smiles.
[2:40pm] padri: "If kisses are just a bandage to bring a girl back, Adam . . . And you've been trying to heal me ever since you knew me." She shakes her head no.
[2:41pm] NachtRuine: Zach chuckles and says nothing else. They reach Engineering. "Think you can remember where we worked last time?"
[2:42pm] Alivi: "I think so!"
[2:42pm] Alivi: "Wait there?"
[2:42pm] DrSavage: "That's not what I meant...and don't say that, I've accepted you as you are. I know I can't do that with you. I don't care."
[2:42pm] NachtRuine: "No, I was gonna ask you to lead me there." He rubs the back of his head.
[2:42pm] Alivi: "ooooo! ok! This way!"
[2:43pm] Alivi: Eriko leads the way to the place.
[2:43pm] NachtRuine: Zach follows. "Thanks Eriko. My memory ain't always the best, you know?"
[2:43pm] Alivi: "It is ok! "
[2:44pm] NachtRuine: "So, let's get to work, shall we? We have the trigger mechanism and the barrel. What say we work on the cylinder? That's the part that holds the bullets."
[2:45pm] padri: "I don't want to push through the terror for a bandage. These things /mean/ something. And Adam? I think you need to go tell Eriko what you just told me."
[2:45pm] padri: She turns and walks out.
[2:46pm] Alivi: "Ok! sounds good."
[2:46pm] NachtRuine: 6df+10 Tagging Trigger Happy (1) to make the cylinder
[2:46pm] Glacon: NachtRuine: Tagging Trigger Happy (1) to make the cylinder: 9 (6df+10=+, -, +, 0, -, -)
[2:47pm] Alivi: "Yay!"
[2:47pm] Alivi: "I'm so excited for this.' Eriko smiles.
[2:47pm] DrSavage: "Renee..." Adam walks after her. "It's not a bandage...I know it means something. It means I care for her very much...it does mean /something/."
[2:47pm] NachtRuine: "It's a beauty. Though, it looks a little dull, doesn't it?" He holds it up to the light, most of the light not bouncing off of the metal.
[2:48pm] padri: She doesn't turn back.
[2:49pm] Alivi: "Polish?"
[2:50pm] DrSavage: "Just..promise we'll talk later?"
[2:51pm] padri: She walks off without a word.
[2:51pm] NachtRuine: "That's exactly what I was thinking." He procures a rag and pours some polish onto it. He hands it to Eriko. "Think you can do it for me while I plan our next move?"
[2:51pm] Alivi: "Of course," Eriko begins to polish, she hums happily.
[2:52pm] DrSavage: Adam leans against the wall. {Eriko, we need to talk. Meet me at Rec?}
[2:52pm] Alivi: Eriko's phone rings.
[2:53pm] NachtRuine: Zach looks over as she does. "You're doing great."
[2:54pm] DrSavage: On her phone is the message.
[2:54pm] Alivi: "Thanks," She looks at her phone, "Ah…. I might need to step out a bit."
[2:54pm] Alivi: "Is that ok?"
[2:54pm] NachtRuine: "Of course. Remember, we're doing this on your spare time. I've always got time." He cleans his hands off.
[2:55pm] Alivi: "Don't stop ok! I will be right back!"
[2:55pm] NachtRuine: "Oh, alright. I'll just hang here."
[2:55pm] Alivi: Eriko wipes her hands and steps out and makes her way over to Rec.
[2:56pm] DrSavage: Adam is standing there, visibily upset.
[2:56pm] DrSavage: *visibly
[2:56pm] Alivi: Eriko sees him and her smile falters. "Is….everything ok?"
[2:57pm] DrSavage: "I told Renee what happened. She's very upset."
[2:57pm] DrSavage: "She thinks I used the kiss as a bandage to help you..."
[2:57pm] Alivi: "O-oh…I…I can talk to her…if you want.."
[2:57pm] Alivi: "Oh did you tell her that you meant it…right?"
[2:59pm] DrSavage: "I told her I did it. And that I wanted to help you, and in a moment of weakness, I did that. I care for you. But we're just friends, right?"
[2:59pm] Alivi: "O-Oh….right!" Eriko smiles.
[3:00pm] DrSavage: "I feel like I screwed everything up..."
[3:00pm] Alivi: Eriko looks down, "Don't worry"
[3:01pm] DrSavage: "This isn't your fault. It's mine. If you could talk to her..." He gently rests his hand on her shoulder. "I don't want to hurt anyone..."
[3:02pm] Alivi: Eriko looks up and smiles at Adam, "Of course," She nods, "I can go now."
[3:04pm] Alivi: Eriko hugs him.
[3:05pm] DrSavage: Adam hugs back, sighing. "She's probably at her room..."
[3:05pm] Alivi: "No problem it will be a-ok, yes?"
[3:05pm] Alivi: She smiles brightly.
[3:06pm] padri: She is, in fact, in her room!
[3:07pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Adam.
[3:10pm] DrSavage: Adam nods after a few seconds. "It will, won't it?"
[3:10pm] Alivi: She smiles, "Yes."
[3:10pm] DrSavage: "She's upset that I may think the kiss meant nothing to me. Which is wrong..."
[3:11pm] Alivi: "It…..d-didn't right?"
[3:12pm] DrSavage: "It meant a lot to me, you're a close friend." He hugs her.
[3:13pm] Alivi: Eriko relaxes a bit. "Good. It meant much to me too!"
[3:13pm] DrSavage: He smiles a bit. "Thank you. Please talk to her?"
[3:13pm] Alivi: She hugs him back
[3:14pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles.
[3:14pm] Alivi: "Of course!"
[3:14pm] Alivi: She steps towards the door.
[3:14pm] Alivi: "Bye!"
[3:15pm] DrSavage: Adam nods, waving.
[3:15pm] Alivi: Eriko walks towards Renee's room.
[3:15pm] Alivi: She knocks on the door once she gets there.
[3:16pm] padri: It opens a quarter of the way and Renee peers out. "Oh, Eriko . . . " Eriko was not who she was expecting to see.
[3:17pm] Alivi: "Hey Renee..."
[3:17pm] padri: She opens the door. "Are you okay?"
[3:18pm] Alivi: "Of course! Are you?"
[3:19pm] padri: She blinks. "Yes. Would you like to come in?" There's no anger here. Just Renee.
[3:19pm] DrSavage: Adam stews in the rec room.
[3:20pm] Alivi: Eriko nods, "Sure!"
[3:21pm] padri: "What did you come to see me about?" She's her normal self, curious to hear what you have to say, open to listening to you.
[3:23pm] Alivi: "Well… I was worried, Adam is upset. He says that you think that the kiss meant nothing. But he says it didn't." She turns a bit red, but is smiling. "I am sure he is upset, he told me he likes you… after he… but… I think it is ok… you ok? Right?"
[3:24pm] padri: Her face goes flat. "Oh. Eriko . . ."
[3:25pm] Alivi: "What is it?"
[3:25pm] padri: "Eriko, what did that kiss mean to you?"
[3:26pm] Alivi: "Oh…" Eriko turns a bit red, "W-well….I…I think I might like him..."
[3:26pm] padri: ~That complicates things.~ "And what did he say it meant to him?"
[3:27pm] Alivi: "He said, if things don't work out. We can try." She smiles even more.
[3:28pm] padri: "If things don't work out?"
[3:28pm] DrSavage: Adam heads out to the forest, sighing.
[3:29pm] Alivi: Eriko nods, "Yes."
[3:30pm] padri12: "What does he mean by that?"
[3:33pm] Alivi: "I think….it mean if you decide that it doesn't work. But I am not sure."
[3:34pm] padri: "Between me and him?"
[3:34pm] NachtRuine: Zach stirs in Engineering. ~Eriko's been gone a while... But I'm pretty sure she'll be back soon. She really wanted to make this gun.~
[3:34pm] Alivi: "I think so…"
[3:34pm] padri: ~This is going to be hard.~
[3:35pm] padri: "How much do you love him?"
[3:37pm] Alivi: "What do you mean?"
[3:37pm] padri: "More than Ralph?"
[3:38pm] Alivi: "What do you mean? I care a lot for both of them, they are my friends!"
[3:39pm] padri: "But do you care more for Adam than you do for Ralph?"
[3:39pm] Alivi: "I care for them both,
[3:40pm] padri: "But if you were to decide, you're not sure that you would want to be Ralph's girlfriend, right?"
[3:40pm] Alivi: "But when Adam asked I felt like I wanted to say yes, and I did not know why. He said that I was probably attracted so I think he is right he would know yes."
[3:41pm] padri: "I don't want to know what Adam told you. What do /you/ think?"
[3:45pm] Alivi: Eriko frowns, "I….I'm not sure…it felt right….I think…."
[3:45pm] Alivi: She seems very confused.
[3:46pm] padri: "I think you should think about it."
[3:47pm] padri: "Also, Eriko, you told me once that you weren't sure you wanted to be with Ralph because of your fiance."
[3:47pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Renee. "…I know..."
[3:47pm] Alivi: "But….Adam….really helped me..."
[3:47pm] Alivi: "I just…."
[3:47pm] padri: "What did Adam say about me?"
[3:48pm] Alivi: "He…..that he should be going after you not me, and that I should give Ralph a chance..."
[3:50pm] padri: "And when you told Ralph about how you should wait for your fiance, what were you thinking about the two of them?"
[3:50pm] Alivi: "Kazuya….isn't coming…. I asked Ralph for a break cause of my stress… But Adam helped with that..."
[3:51pm] padri: She shakes her head slightly. ~This is so hard. Adam, why did you do this?~
[3:53pm] Alivi: Eriko looks even more confused. "Are you upset with him?
[3:53pm] Roget: Ralph wakes up in medical. He feel asleep at work!
[3:57pm] Roget: He shakes his head. ~Jeez...I should cut back on my hours.~
[3:58pm] padri: "Yes, I am. To be frank."
[3:58pm] Alivi: "O-Oh…."
[3:59pm] padri: "He's not being fair to you."
[3:59pm] Alivi: "I am confused..."
[4:00pm] padri: She sighs inwardly. "Eriko, if he loved you, he would want to be with you, right?"
[4:02pm] Alivi: Eriko blinks. "I…."
[4:02pm] padri: She waits.
[4:02pm] Alivi: "He said… it meant something..."
[4:03pm] Alivi: "So…he has to."
[4:03pm] Roget: Ralph walks into rec, looking tired.
[4:03pm] DrSavage: {Ralph, if you're up, meet me outside.}
[4:03pm] padri: "But didn't he say he wanted to be with me?"
[4:03pm] Roget: Ralph checks his phone, {Whats up?}
[4:04pm] Fifthman joined the chat room.
[4:04pm] Alivi: "I'm….but…he said…."
[4:05pm] Alivi: Eriko looks like she doesn't understand but she is beginning to get a grasp.
[4:05pm] Alivi:  Eriko looks at Renee, "I…I need to go…."
[4:05pm] padri: "Eriko, are you okay?"
[4:05pm] Alivi: "Y-yea."
[4:06pm] Alivi: Eriko nods and begins to walk off.
[4:06pm] DrSavage: {A massive screwup. That's what.}
[4:06pm] Roget: {What happened?}
[4:07pm] padri: "Eriko?" She goes to the door and watches Eriko go.
[4:07pm] Alivi: Eriko pauses, "Yes?"
[4:08pm] padri: "I'm so sorry . . ."
[4:08pm] Alivi: "Why? It is fine right? Everything is a-ok… right? He said it meant something so it is ok. He said he is my anchor and friend and all those things I know he wouldn't lie."
[4:10pm] padri: She's at a loss for words. ~I can't hurt her.~
[4:11pm] Roget: Ralph sends out a text to Renee, {What happened to Adam?}
[4:12pm] padri: {I'm not sure I can get into it.}
[4:13pm] Roget: {He wants to talk to me. Should I go?}
[4:13pm] Alivi: Eriko turns and waves, "Talk to you later!"
[4:13pm] Alivi: She runs back to Engineering. As she enters in "S-Sorry Zach didn't mean to keep you waiting."
[4:13pm] padri: {Yes}
[4:14pm] padri: She returns to her room and closes the door.
[4:14pm] Roget: Ralph puts his phone away, and goes outside to look for Adam.
[4:15pm] NachtRuine: Zach stands up and faces her, having not been previously. "I was considering leaving. But then I snapped out of it and knew that you'd come back. Even if it took a little while."
[4:15pm] Alivi: "Sorry..."
[4:15pm] NachtRuine: "I'm not angry or upset or anything. Why apologize?"
[4:16pm] padri: Then she lies on her bed and eventually goes to sleep.
[4:18pm] Alivi: "Still…. I am late..."
[4:19pm] NachtRuine: "People are only late when others expect them to be somewhere at a certain time. I didn't. But enough of this. Shall we get back to work?"
[4:20pm] DrSavage: Adam is outside. Per his text.
[4:20pm] Alivi: Ok!
[4:20pm] Alivi: " "
[4:20pm] Roget: Ralph approaches the Adam. "You wanted to talk?"
[4:21pm] Mr_Wilt left the chat room. (Leaving)
[4:22pm] NachtRuine: "So we're done with the cylinder. And look at her shine!" He holds it up to the light again. This time, the light bounces off the metal and covers all of the nearby walls in rainbow.
[4:22pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles, "Wonderful isn't it?"
[4:23pm] NachtRuine: "Used to be I could tell you how the light would move if I did this - " He turns it a little. "Or this." He turns it in a different way.
[4:23pm] Alivi: "Oh?"
[4:24pm] DrSavage: "I kissed Eriko. It complicated things. Renee is very upset with me. While drawing Eriko back out of her shell, I may have brought confusion to her."
[4:24pm] NachtRuine: "Yep. I was taking a lot of physics back in the day. Figured I'd need it. Turned out I only needed about a chapter of a 800 page book."
[4:25pm] Alivi: "Ooooh…. physics is complex..."
[4:25pm] Roget: "Say that again, but slower. I could have sworn you said you kissed Eriko."
[4:25pm] NachtRuine: "Yer telling me."
[4:26pm] Alivi: Eriko giggles, "Sooo what next?"
[4:27pm] NachtRuine: "Well, we have this beautiful cylinder, a grand trigger mechanism set, and a not-so-good barrel. What do you figure we should do?"
[4:27pm] Alivi: We can remake barrell or make another thing,"
[4:27pm] DrSavage: "I did. Feel free to slug me. I have it coming."
[4:28pm] NachtRuine: "Which would you rather do?"
[4:28pm] Alivi: "Both!"
[4:28pm] Roget: "..." Ralph looks confused. "Why did you do that?"
[4:29pm] DrSavage: "I'm an idiot. A weak one at that."
[4:30pm] NachtRuine: Zach chuckles. "Your enthusiasm is so strong. Let's make what we have better, eh?"
[4:31pm] Roget: "Tell me what happened, exactly."
[4:32pm] Alivi: "Yes!" Eriko is so happy.
[4:32pm] NachtRuine: Zach can't help but laugh a little. "Let's get to work, then!"
[4:33pm] Alivi: Eriko nods.
[4:33pm] NachtRuine: 6df+10 Tagging Trigger Happy (2) to re-make the barrel!
[4:33pm] Glacon: NachtRuine: Tagging Trigger Happy (2) to re-make the barrel!: 6 (6df+10=-, 0, -, -, -, 0)
[4:33pm] DrSavage: "Tried to bring her back from the brink. Then she started raising the walls again. So I kissed her, to show I care..and to show that hope is not lost. Not a bandage. A display of the love I share for a friend. I wouldn't come between you and her..."
[4:34pm] Roget: "You kissed her,,,to show your love as a friend?" Ralph sounds strange...
[4:34pm] NachtRuine: Zach looks at it. "Well, it's better. What do you think?" He seems rather tired.
[4:35pm] Alivi: "It looks good..."
[4:35pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles, "You seem tired, want to stop for the night?"
[4:36pm] NachtRuine: "That'd be nice. I don't want to exhaust myself, because I might screw something up otherwise."
[4:37pm] Alivi: "It is ok..."
[4:38pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles, "Lets go to rec room,"
[4:38pm] Alivi: "We made lovely cylinder."
[4:38pm] DrSavage: "I should rephrase, I kissed her in a moment of weakness. I shouldn't have. Then she got worried, and I kissed again."
[4:39pm] DrSavage: "Ralph. You deserve to be with her. You'd be better for her. Even if I have feelings for her."
[4:39pm] NachtRuine: Zach delicately puts the cylinder and the barrel into a box, along with the trigger mechanism, and picks the box up. "I'd enjoy that. I can play you some music."
[4:39pm] Alivi: "Sounds nice.
[4:40pm] Alivi: "
[4:40pm] NachtRuine: Zach begins making his way from Engineering.
[4:41pm] Alivi: Eriko follows along
[4:41pm] padri left the chat room. (Quit: Love y'all)
[4:41pm] Roget: "Adam...I thought you loved Renee."
[4:42pm] NachtRuine: Zach makes a quick stop in his room and places the box in his room.
[4:42pm] Alivi: Eriko waits.
[4:43pm] DrSavage: "I do. I'm just...conflicted on Eriko. See how I've screwed things up? I tend to do that a lot."
[4:44pm] NachtRuine: He returns with a thin, yet large paperback book in his hand. "Let's go."
[4:44pm] Alivi: "Ok!"
[4:45pm] DrSavage: "Honestly, Ralph?"
[4:45pm] Roget: "Adam..."
[4:45pm] Roget: Ralph sighs.
[4:46pm] NachtRuine: The two reach rec, and Zach sits down in front of the piano. He places the book down on the book stand on the piano and opens it to a page.
[4:46pm] Roget: "I thought you were better than this."
[4:47pm] Alivi: Eriko sits on the couch.
[4:48pm] Roget: "I thought you had follow through. That you wouldn't stray from what you wanted, that you could exercise some /fuckng/ self-control."
[4:49pm] DrSavage: Adam turns to him more fully. "I want you to punch me, Ralph. To hit me as hard as you can. It's the least of what I have coming for this stupid thing I've done."
[4:50pm] Roget: "I'm not going to hit you Adam. I'm not angry. I'm disappointed."
[4:50pm] Roget: He turns to walk back inside.
[4:50pm] NachtRuine: Zach stares at the book, then shakes his head and throws the book off the stand. "I hate sheet music." He stares down at the keys and starts to play. He plays a song that sounds airy and energetic.
[4:51pm] Alivi: Eriko smiles as it plays
[4:52pm] DrSavage: Adam watches Ralph leave. "Better you found out the fool you're working with now then later." He heads off into the forest.
[4:53pm] Roget: Ralph calls after him, "I know you can be better than this Adam! You just have to TRY!" The last word sounds angry and exasperated.
[4:55pm] NachtRuine: Once the song ends, Zach looks to Eriko. "Any requests?"
[4:55pm] Roget: He walks inside, and makes a beeline for rec.
[4:56pm] Alivi: "Hmmmm….not sure… do you know totoro song?"
[4:56pm] NachtRuine: "I don't. If you could describe it, I could try."
[4:56pm] Alivi: Eriko starts humming it.
[4:57pm] Roget: Ralph enters rec. He looks stone faced.
[4:57pm] NachtRuine: Zach seems like he does a little bit of thinking. "Alright, I'll try." He does so, it sounding fairly inaccurate and a bit dischordant. He doesn't notice Ralph enter.
[4:58pm] Alivi: Eriko laughs at it. "It is ok!"
[4:59pm] Alivi: Eriko looks up and sees Ralph, "Hey Ralph how are-….you...?"
[4:59pm] Alivi: She falters when she sees the look on his face.
[4:59pm] Roget: "Eriko, we need to talk." He turns to Zach. "Can you give us a minute?"
[4:59pm] NachtRuine: Zach stops playing and looks behind at him. "Uh... Alright, I guess." He gets up and moves to the hall.
[5:00pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Zach as he leaves.
[5:00pm] Alivi: "Why did you do that?"
[5:00pm] Roget: Ralph sits across from Eriko. He looks directly at her. "I heard you and Adam had an incident today."
[5:03pm] Alivi: "That was last night."
[5:03pm] Alivi: "Today he was just sad that Renee was upset."
[5:03pm] Roget: "I see. Can you explain what happened, in detail?" He sounds cold.
[5:05pm] Alivi: Eriko gets nervous.
[5:05pm] Nacht joined the chat room.
[5:06pm] NachtRuine left the chat room. (Quit: http://www.mibbit.com ajax IRC Client)
[5:06pm] Roget: Ralph notices. "Don't worry, I'm not mad."
[5:06pm] Nacht is now known as NachtRuine.
[5:09pm] NachtRuine: Zach stirs outside in the hall. He wants to know what they're talking about, but knows he shouldn't intrude. He retreats to his room.
[5:09pm] Alivi: "I….u-um… w-well h-he….came in….an-and hugged me….. and he told me that he was my anchor and friend and he would help me…. he said things…." She smiles. "He held me… and comforted me… t-then…" She turns red.
[5:12pm] DrSavage: Adam sits among the trees, looking to the sky.
[5:12pm] Roget: "I see. I'm sorry that happened to you. Adam has been very selfish. He wanted to have his cake and eat it too."
[5:13pm] Alivi: "What do you mean?"
[5:13pm] Alivi: "It wasn't bad thing…"
[5:14pm] Roget: "He wanted to have you and Renee. He didn't have self-control, and he went with what he wanted instead of what was right."
[5:14pm] Alivi: "He said it meant something."
[5:15pm] Roget: "He told me he did it because he was weak, and couldn't control himself."
[5:15pm] Alivi: "W-what?"
[5:16pm] Alivi: "He said they meant something and that…he would help me and he promised me."
[5:19pm] Roget: "He told me it was a screwup."
[5:20pm] Alivi: Eriko looks like Ralph just hit her.
[5:20pm] Alivi: "…Y-you are lying."
[5:21pm] Roget: "Do I look like I'm lying?"
[5:21pm] Alivi: "He wouldn't!"
[5:21pm] Alivi: Eriko stands up.
[5:21pm] Roget: "He did."
[5:21pm] Alivi: "Liar!"
[5:22pm] Roget: Ralph looks at her. "I am not lying."
[5:22pm] Roget: he doesn't get up or raise his voice.
[5:22pm] Alivi: "Where is he?"
[5:22pm] Roget: "In the woods."
[5:23pm] Alivi: Eriko leaves the recroom. Making her ways towards the outside of the building.
[5:23pm] Roget: ralph sits in rec.
[5:24pm] Alivi: Eriko gets outside and makes her way towards the woods.
[5:24pm] NachtRuine: Zach returns from his room, figuring the talk to be over. He leans into the doorway to see if it is over.
[5:24pm] Alivi: "Adam!"
[5:24pm] Alivi: "Adam where are you?" She calls out.
[5:25pm] DrSavage: Adam sits behind the treeline.
[5:25pm] Alivi: "Please? I need you..."
[5:25pm] Alivi: She can't see him.
[5:25pm] DrSavage: "Why?"
[5:26pm] DrSavage: "It caused problems."
[5:26pm] Alivi: She turns towards the sound. "C-Cause…-thats not it…right?"
[5:26pm] DrSavage: "What isn't it?"
[5:26pm] Alivi: "They meant something..."
[5:28pm] Alivi: "Adam?"
[5:29pm] DrSavage: "They did. But I shouldn't have. Ralph's right. I should have controlled myself. I should be dedicated to Renee. And now I may have lost her."
[5:29pm] Alivi: "I don't understand..."
[5:30pm] Alivi: Eriko's voice breaks a bit.
[5:31pm] Alivi: "Everyone tells me…it was wrong…Renee is angry…and Ralph is too…but you helped me and..."
[5:33pm] DrSavage: "It was. It meant something, but I still shouldn't have. Do you understand?"
[5:33pm] NachtRuine left the chat room. (Ping timeout)
[5:34pm] Alivi: "But…no…."
[5:35pm] Alivi: Eriko sits on the ground. "I don't…I thought..."
[5:35pm] DrSavage: "Thought what?"
[5:36pm] Alivi: "I..."
[5:37pm] DrSavage: "Please."
[5:38pm] Alivi: "You promised..."
[5:39pm] DrSavage: "I did. I mean it. But we can only be friends. We agreed."
[5:40pm] Alivi: "…You said we could try..."
[5:41pm] DrSavage: "If things go wrong, yes. If that happens."
[5:41pm] Alivi: "I…thought…" She puts a hand to her head. "I mean….I….I misunderstood…d-didn't I…forgive me..."
[5:45pm] Alivi: She feels like crying but she shouldn't she tries to hold it back, "I….I…hope you can forgive me."
[5:45pm] Alivi: She gets up shaking a bit and turns to go back inside.
[5:46pm] DrSavage: "Eriko."
[5:46pm] Alivi: "Yes?"
[5:46pm] Alivi: She turns around
[5:49pm] DrSavage: Adam comes out and hugs her. "I think we need to clear things with Ralph."
[5:51pm] Alivi: She hugs him back. "I….Im sorry please forgive me…"
[5:52pm] Alivi: "I didn;t mean to …i just thought..."
[5:53pm] DrSavage: "You're not the one who made things all messed up." Adam heads in with her.
[5:53pm] Alivi: Eriko walks closely to Adam.
[5:54pm] ShockwaveLover joined the chat room.
[5:54pm] DrSavage: "Where's Ralph?"
[5:54pm] Roget: Ralph is in rec.
[5:55pm] Alivi: "I….think in rec…he came in and told me awful things… he said you were lying…."
[5:57pm] DrSavage: Adam heads into rec, looking for Ralph.
[5:57pm] Alivi: Eriko follows closely behind.
[5:57pm] Roget: Ralph is calmly drinking juice on the couch.
[5:58pm] ShockwaveLover: What sort of juice?
[5:58pm] Roget: Probably apple.
[5:58pm] Alivi: Eriko looks between them.
[5:58pm] ShockwaveLover: Is it in one of those little cartons?
[5:58pm] Alivi: She is still close to Adam.
[5:59pm] Roget: No, a mug.
[5:59pm] DrSavage: "Ralph."
[6:00pm] Roget: "Adam."
[6:02pm] DrSavage: "I want to clarify. Eriko means a lot to me. So do you. And especially Renee. I kissed Eriko and I shouldn't have. I did, but shouldn't have. Eriko, you may have feelings for me. But it's best to put those aside, as for now? It can't work. And Ralph deserves the chance."
[6:02pm] Fifthman is now known as Fifth_away.
[6:02pm] DrSavage: "Age is nothing. Even if Simon doesn't approve, who cares."
[6:02pm] Alivi: Eriko staggers back, "What...?"
[6:02pm] Roget: "Adam, stop trying to suck up to me."
[6:03pm] Alivi: "But..."
[6:04pm] Roget: "What do you want?"
[6:04pm] DrSavage: "I'm really not. I said this before. Eriko, I can't be dedicated to Renee and you at the same time. I'm best not thought of unless Renee makes her decision. And Ralph loves you a great deal.
[6:04pm] Alivi: "But…."
[6:04pm] DrSavage: Moreso than I do. He deserves your love right now."
[6:04pm] Roget: "Adam. You're talking to me, not Eriko, yes? So talk to me."
[6:05pm] DrSavage: "Ralph. Give me your hand."
[6:05pm] Roget: "I think not. Please take a seat." He gestures to the empty couch in front of him.
[6:05pm] DrSavage: Adam sits in front of Ralph.
[6:06pm] Roget: "Now, why are you here?"
[6:07pm] Roget: "Are you seeking my forgiveness, or my blessing?"
[6:08pm] Alivi: Eriko just watches.
[6:08pm] Roget: "If you're looking for either, you'll have to justify yourself."
[6:11pm] DrSavage: "To put it bluntly, I shouldn't have done it. It helped bring her back from the brink...but I shouldn't have. Eriko, I'm not the one to be with. Not at this point. You told Ralph you needed a break due to stress. That's over, you said you're okay now."
[6:11pm] DrSavage: "And Ralph, you deserve to be disappointed in me. I did a foolish thing, even if it was well-meant."
[6:11pm] Alivi: "But….I like you."
[6:12pm] Alivi: "Right….t-that was what it meant right?"
[6:12pm] Roget: "See thats the thing, I'm not buying the whole 'well-meaning' thing."
[6:12pm] DrSavage: Adam's turn to /glare/ at Ralph. "I thought people trusted me more than that."
[6:13pm] Roget: "I don't buy that you were trying to get her from the brink, and I don't buy that you did this because you care." He remains stone faced.
[6:13pm] Alivi: "You said it meant something but it shouldn't have happened…if it meant something then it should've..."
[6:14pm] Roget: "I think you did this because you wanted to have your cake and eat it too."
[6:14pm] DrSavage: "It did. You mean a lot to me. But I shouldn't have strayed. That's not fair to you. Not fair to Renee, and not to Ralph."
[6:14pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Ralph, "Stop it. He said he helped me! And he has been, he's been helping me becausese he is my friend and my anchor."
[6:14pm] DrSavage: Adam looks genuinely hurt by that.
[6:14pm] DrSavage: His expression darkens. "That's how I'm thought of, is it?"
[6:14pm] Roget: "Did he tell you that?" to Eriko.
[6:14pm] Alivi: "Yes."
[6:15pm] Roget: "What else did he tell you?"
[6:15pm] DrSavage: "I manipulated her, is that what you're saying?"
[6:15pm] Alivi: "He was there for me, he promised to help me, and he has. He promised."
[6:15pm] Roget: "I dunno, is that what it is?"
[6:15pm] Alivi: "Manipulated?"
[6:16pm] DrSavage: "Never. And I see the true thoughts of 354 toward me now."
[6:16pm] Roget: "Eriko, come here. Tell me everything he told you."
[6:16pm] DrSavage: "Renee must think the same."
[6:16pm] Alivi: Eriko doesn't move from Adam's side. "What is he saying?"
[6:16pm] Roget: Ralph looks at Simon. "Well, if it looks like a cat, walks like a cat, and talks like a cat, it's probably a cat."
[6:17pm] Roget: "I'm sure you catch the metaphor."
[6:17pm] DrSavage: "Even after all we've been through. All I've done for /EVERYONE/ here..."
[6:18pm] Roget: "After all you did to Eriko? Manipulating her into thinking she was making a choice, when all that was there were lies and greed?"
[6:19pm] Roget: "This is why you disappoint me. You've done so much. But look at you now."
[6:19pm] Lurk_Sleeps left the chat room. (nexus.hub.us.synirc.net downtown.tx.us.synirc.net)
[6:19pm] Roget: "Manipulating your friends, building a tower of lies, and hurting the people you care about?"
[6:20pm] Alivi: "He hasn't been hurting me!"
[6:20pm] Roget: "And for what? Some sloppy makeouts with someone who you tricked into caring about you?"
[6:20pm] Alivi: "Ralph!"
[6:20pm] Roget: "He hurt Renee, didn't he?"
[6:20pm] Roget: "He hurt me."
[6:20pm] Roget: "The world does not revolve around you, Eriko."
[6:20pm] DrSavage: "I didn't manipulate her. I meant it! I'm not trying to have it both ways. Eriko and I can't do this. I've just said you two belong together! What the hell...am I supposed to do...."
[6:20pm] Alivi: Eriko pauses, "I'm sure he didn't mean it. And I know it doesn't."
[6:21pm] DrSavage: Adam puts his head in his hands, he breathes through grit teeth. There is a soft pit-pat of tears hitting the floor. "What do I do..."
[6:21pm] Roget: "...I'm sorry this had to come to pass Adam. But you did wrong. And there are consequences for that."
[6:23pm] DrSavage: "You're not sorry...you almost jumped at the chance for this...." Adam looks up, eyes red with the salt of his tears. "You assumed the worst."
[6:23pm] Roget: "Sometimes the worst is what really happened. Are you denying that you ever manipulated her?"
[6:23pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Adam and Ralph.
[6:24pm] Roget: Ralph is still stone faced.
[6:24pm] DrSavage: "I'm not denying it....if I did I didn't mean to....oh...." Adam looks down, still weeping a bit.
[6:25pm] Roget: "But you did. You manipulated her. Even if you didn't want to." his face softens slightly.
[6:26pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Ralph.
[6:26pm] DrSavage: "I've lost Renee...I've destroyed her trust in me...I know it..."
[6:27pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Adam. She decides to leave the rec room.
[6:27pm] Roget: "I'm sorry Adam...but actions have consequences."
[6:27pm] Alivi: She turns and tries to exit.
[6:28pm] Roget: Ralph watches her. "Eriko, can you meet me in medical in a bit?"
[6:28pm] Alivi: Eriko pauses. She nods. And makes her way to medical.
[6:29pm] Roget: He looks back to Adam. "I don't relish doing this. I know it must be hard."
[6:30pm] DrSavage: "Could've fooled me..." Adam stares at the floor.
[6:30pm] Roget: "You think I enjoyed that? No. I feel like shit. But it had to be done."
[6:30pm] DrSavage: "Sure were quick to assume I'm a selfish monster, Ralph." He chuckles a little darkly.
[6:31pm] DrSavage: "But then again, I look the part. So why not/"
[6:31pm] Roget: "Your actions speak for themselves. You aren't a monster. Your just a man who made mistakes."
[6:31pm] Roget: "I don't blame you."
[6:32pm] DrSavage: "Yes. I think you do. Otherwise this conversation wouldn't have happened." He gets up, brushing past him. "I'll be in Research for a while. I don't think anyone's comfortable around me right now."
[6:33pm] Roget: "Think about what we said here Adam. Try to better yourself so we don't ever have to do this again."
[6:33pm] Roget: Ralph looks at him sadly.
[6:35pm] DrSavage: "Save your sympathy and pity for one who deserves it. You forget my primary occupation, Ralph."
[6:36pm] Roget: "Adam...just don't block this out."
[6:37pm] DrSavage: "That isn't going to be an issue." Adam heads toward Research
[6:37pm] Roget: Ralph watches him go, then heads to medical.
[6:38pm] Roget: He arrives. Where is Eriko?
[6:38pm] Alivi: Eriko is sitting on a bed, she is looking at the floor.
[6:39pm] Roget: Ralph goes and sits next to her. "How do you feel?"
[6:39pm] DrSavage: Adam closes the door, collapses at a desk, wracked with guilt, exhaustion, and sorrow.
[6:39pm] Alivi: Eriko doesn't reply.
[6:41pm] Roget: "I know this must be terribly hard on you...but its the right thing. If things had continued, more people would have been hurt."
[6:41pm] Alivi: "I know…I …I didn't mean it…."
[6:42pm] Roget: "It's okay...none of this was your fault."
[6:42pm] Alivi: "It was…" Eriko's voice breaks she buries her face in her hands.
[6:44pm] Roget: "No...you can't blame yourself. You were manipulated."
[6:44pm] Alivi: "I dont understand"
[6:46pm] Roget: "He was telling you how to feel instead of letting you figure things out for yourself."
[6:47pm] Alivi: "But…."
[6:47pm] Alivi: "Why….he ….I trust him…why…."
[6:49pm] Roget: "He wanted to have you and Renee, so he tried to get you both..."
[6:49pm] Alivi: Eriko breaks down crying
[6:51pm] Roget: Ralph puts his arm around her. "It's alright...let it out..."
[6:54pm] Alivi: "What can I do…I can't do it…I can't…who do I beileve?!"
[6:57pm] Roget: "You can trust me."
[6:57pm] Alivi: "Can I?! Or are you going to be the same as them too?!"
[6:59pm] Roget: "I will never do that to you." dead serious doctor tone.
[7:00pm] Alivi: She tries to push him away. "Go away!"
[7:00pm] Roget: Ralph moves where she pushes him. He doesn't resist.
[7:03pm] Alivi: "Just…stop….everyone just stop!"
[7:04pm] DrSavage: Adam lays at the desk, half-conscious.
[7:04pm] Roget: Ralph gets up and moves to the bed opposite her.
[7:05pm] Alivi: "I can't do this!"
[7:07pm] Roget: "I believe you can. And I can help you, if you let me."
[7:08pm] Alivi: "He said that!"
[7:08pm] Roget: "Did he give you the option to turn him down? Because you can. If you want me to, I will leave/"
[7:10pm] Alivi: "I'm going to be alone…. and I am going to die here..."
[7:12pm] Roget: "You are not alone."
[7:12pm] Roget: "You have so many people who care about you."
[7:12pm] Alivi: Eriko looks at Ralph, "But…."
[7:13pm] Roget: Ralph looks right back at her. "But what?"
[7:14pm] Alivi: "In the end…. what am I going to do…I just hurt them..."
[7:15pm] Roget: "Look...sometimes people get hurt, and it sucks. But we forgive those we love, and we move on. We learn from our mistakes so that we don't hurt them again."
[7:17pm] Alivi: "I'm so sorry..."
[7:17pm] Roget: "I forgive you."
[7:18pm] Alivi: "I really am…" She begins sobbing.
[7:19pm] Roget: "You're a victim of the situation here. I'm not upset."
[7:22pm] Alivi: "Im sorry..."
[7:22pm] Roget: "Eriko...do you think I'm angry at you?"
[7:23pm] Alivi: "Yes..."
[7:23pm] Alivi: She tries to wipe her eyes.
[7:23pm] Alivi: it isnt working
[7:24pm] Roget: "I'm not."
[7:25pm] Alivi: "Adam must hate me…"
[7:27pm] Roget: "Adam probably hates me. Not you."
[7:27pm] Alivi:  "Why…. I don't understand what happened…."
[7:28pm] Roget: "I showed him what he had brought on himself, his friends, and the site by manipulating you."
[7:29pm] Alivi: "Why…."
[7:30pm] Roget: "Because if I hadn't, he would've kept hurting you, me, Renee, Simon...everybody."
[7:31pm] Alivi: "Why……you did nothing… you didn't deserve this..."
[7:34pm] Roget: "Sometimes bad things happen to good people."
[7:35pm] Alivi: "Im sorry..."
[7:36pm] Faminepulse is now known as Robopulse.
[7:36pm] Roget: "You were being controlled."
[7:36pm] Alivi: "Was I?"
[7:36pm] Alivi: "Are you even sure?"
[7:38pm] Roget: "I am positive. There is no doubt in my mind."
[7:38pm] Alivi: "He said….he loved me..."
[7:39pm] Alivi: She rubs her arms and breaks down again
[7:39pm] Robopulse is now known as Faminepulse.
[7:39pm] Roget: "Eriko...he was using you. He just wanted you for..." he trails off.
[7:40pm] Alivi: "He said that though..."
[7:40pm] Alivi: "He said I could trust him and he meant it..."
[7:41pm] Roget: "He was being dishonest."
[7:41pm] Roget: "I'm sorry, but it's true."
[7:42pm] Alivi: "I can't…."
[7:43pm] Alivi: She hesitantly gets up.
[7:44pm] Roget: "You can..."
[7:46pm] Alivi: She manages to make her wave to the door but once she gets there she has to use it for support to keep standing.
[7:47pm] Roget: Ralph goes over to help her stand. "I think you need rest."
[7:47pm] Alivi: "Can't...."
[7:54pm] Alivi: "This….can't..."
[7:55pm] Roget: Ralph silently takes a sedation syringe off of a nearby table, and injects.
[7:55pm] Roget: 6df+8 shhhhh
[7:55pm] Glacon: Roget: shhhhh: 8 (6df+8=+, -, 0, -, +, 0)
[7:56pm] Alivi: Eriko collapses
[7:57pm] Roget: Ralph is holding onto her from before, so he keeps her from hitting the floor like a sack of potatoes.
[8:25pm] Roget: Ralph carries her to a bed, and lays her down. He sits nearby.