RPG: That Old Flu Bug Started By: Sailor Thundercrash 1/21/01 Players: Guardian, Sailor Thundercrash, Queen Beryl, Argocite, Sailor Amazonia, Dark Bug, Sailor Jurei-Jurei, Venus Knight, Elizabeth, Artemis, Earth Knight, Sailor PeaceKeeper, Nephrite, Thunderbolt Knight, and Sailor Creation ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Satterlee woke up with a mighty sneeze as she groaned to herself and climbed out of bed. Her stomach felt like it was going to explode >from the pain and she moved a slow pace, like a snail. She glanced at her bloodshot eyes from lack of sleep in the mirror and grumbled, "Damn flu." Slowly she got through with her shower and slipped into her school uniform and grudgingly headed out the door for a miserable day at Juuban High School. Another sneeze echoed through the darkness that was the Dark Kingdom's throne room. Sitting on her obsidian throne Beryl grumbled to herself as she sneezed yet again, *Blasted basketball star. Who cares how much energy he gave me or how good he was in the sack or how much he paid me he still gave me this damn human flu. Even my dark magiks can't expel it now that I've caught it.* She turned towards her globe as it showed the school of Juuban, *I will get my revenge on humanity for their flu though. That I guarantee.* Jeremy Satterlee pulled on his uniform jacket as he finished changing and grabbed his small metal flask and slid it into his jacket pocket and glanced around the large home he lived in and shook his head. Lately it was seeming all too empty and large for him. *Of course it has. Ever since that night back in December you spent with your ex-girlfriend you've been feeling empty. Ever since Jennifer showed up along with Liz you've been feeling guilty about not being able to actually be a part of the family you have. No wonder this house seems empty, neither the mother of your child nor your daughter live here with you.* He sighed and collected himself and headed out the door for another day of work, posing as a high school student. (ooc--I didn't have Rikko's email so if someone could add it for me it would be appreciated) Yumiko Materyo punched in the keypad on the cash register. "Flowers, chicken soup mug, and get well soon card... that'll be 3000 yen, please... thank you! Come again." The customer sniffled as he paid, nodded his thanks and headed on out. As she put the money in the till, her husband pulled out a handkerchief and blew heartily with a HOOOOOOONK! "Sho!" Yumiko rebuked. "Not in front of the customers!" "It's my store, ain't it!?" he shot back crossly. "I got the right!" Dura rushed over with a small thermos bottle of hot tea. "Yeesh, this flu bug is getting around fast. "At least it's keeping our flower business afloat," he said. "I just wish it were for a healthier reason," Yumiko said sadly. ((OOC: Odd fact: In Japan, it's considered pretty bad manners to blow your nose in public.)) (OOC: Question! Hey, Mr. Jeremey-dude, does this take place after Lonely Hearts or will it be Before?) Kitsune Jakurin patiently put another blanket on the shivering body of Sennyo Tudo, then padded downstairs to create a sign that would read 'Closed due to Illness'. Sighing a bit in her pajamas, she had had plenty of rest, and hadn't moved around lately, so the flu hadn't gotten her yet. It had laid up Ureshii and her father, however, so Jakurin knew she would have to miss school. After pulling down the brown venetian blinds, she cleared her throat a bit and then grinned at herself. She wouldn't need to speak to 'say' what she needed to say. ~Good morning, senshi-chans!~ she sang mentally. ~I trust everyone else is feeling like crap, ne?~ Dura felt her necklace hidden under her school fuku. ~Sorry, no. Er, well,... I'm sorry I can't commisserate with you right now. I've stayed healthy so far. My mom and dad have a touch, but nothing serious. They're still in business.~ Spotting her daughter apparently staring into space, her mother called. "Dura-chan, focus! You got to get to school!" ~Eep! Gotta go! Call me if you need anything!~ ~Will do. Hey, gang. The Sennyos' are sick, too. I don't think I'll go to school, but if anyone wants to come visit me regardless, I'll come get ya on my four-wheeler! The restaurant's closed, though, so if you're near-by, bang on the door.~ Jakurin then stretched herself out, and decided to head to the basement to check up on things. (OOC: Hey, Garret? Is the Dark Bug still @ the resteraunt, or has he gone to 'live' somewhere else by this time in the story line?) ACHOO! Misa was trying to light some incense. ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO! It was starting to be real test for her patience. *Well, well, well... I better leave it for later,* she thought throwing the matchbox on the table. ~Welcome to the club, Jakurin~ she answered. ~I'll stay at home too. I don't think I feel like working, and I hope my boss understands.~ (OOC: Jaku....before Lonely...^_^) Michiru looked at her classmates. She looked to be the only on in pure hell. ~Bite me~ she replied as she blew her nose. Lucas sat back listening to the conversations. ~Sorry that you are all ill ladies. I can make some tea for you after school if you want?~ he offered, drumming a pencil on his desk with a sly grin on his face. Michiru looked back at Lucas with the look of death on her face. ~Bite me.~ she replied and went back to tnding to her nose. Nephrite watched his class slump and stagger on their laps around the gym. "What is wrong with you? Can't you run faster?" he asked. One of the girls sniffled and said. "Sorry, Coach, I caught the flu the other day and can't shake it." she said sneezing. ~Well, any company's good. I'll even get Blake to rent--- well... hey! How about free okos for everyone? You guys are all sick anyway, right? Just show up and we'll veg or something!~ she sent down through the line before taking off the comm. She peeked around the corner, and saw a ruffled mess of blankets on the floor either the Dark B... Umino was sleeping underneath it, or he had left early in the morning for something. Padding back up to the restaurant, she detached the communicator and placed it on the counter. Jakurin then sat away from her small crystal, and quietly gave a tearful sigh. She missed Blake. Ever since their Silver Millenium experience, he had almost avoided her, not even showing up for free food. And it hurt. It's not like she MEANT to push him into military Knight service by taking his court job. Surely one wouldn't hold a grudge hundreds of years later? She suddenly perked up, hearing Ureshii weakly call for a box of tissues. Glancing about, she picked up a metal napkin dispenser and whistled up to her bedroom. Down below the blankets, Umino finally stirred. He had checked up on the hive by Dura's flower shop earlier, to avoid the people. He didn't want to stay hidden from even Jakurin and Ureshii like this, especially after their grand generosity. But with this flu running around, odds were he'd get the blame for it. He checked the jars of honey he got from his "tenants" at the hive. He'd present it for tea as soon as Jakurin came back around. Dura looked around the classroom. The student turnout was pretty sparse. That flu was worse than she expected. She came in late, and she didn't catch much flak from the teachers. In fact, she was impressed that anyone was holding down the fort. ~Guys?~ she magically sent. ~I'm getting the lessons and assignments for everyone, so we can get a solid head start over the rest of the sickies.~ "Aaaah-CHOO!" Sho sneezed violently into his handkerchief. Blowing to clear his nostril, he looked. "Ewww," he automatically said. "What?" Yumiko asked, rolling over. "Nothing," he said shortly. But too late: his wife saw the red stains. "Blood? In the mucous?!" she said. "That is NOT good! Get in bed, Sho, now!" "I'm fine! I am NOT going to leave someone in a wheelchair to do two people's work!" "There's gonna be TWO cripples in this shop in a moment!" Yumiko snarled. "Bed! Before I run over your toes!" Jennifer trudged into her first class carrying a box of kleenexes as she sat down and said quietly, "Guess not everyone is stupid and some stayed home." Rikko sat up in bed. His communicator was on the floor next to his futon, and he happened to turn over, laying his hand on it. He picked it up and sent, ~I'm out of it too. Figures. I usually manage to avoid this kind of stuff, but looks like it got me good this time. Dura, can you get my work too?~ he asked. He put the crystal necklace around his neck and got up for the day. He grabbed the half gallon of OJ and started to chug. *Guess this stuff doesn't work that well after all.* he thought. He sneezed violently a few times and then sat down at the edge of the bed. He leaned back on his bed and said, "Looks like this is where I stay." Dunican had been walking to school as he listened to the chatter over the crystal communicators. ~Boy alot of you guys sound bad.~ he thought. ~It's going to be a small class if alot of you guys are not coming in to school,~ he sent. ~If anyone needs anything let me know and I will get want ever you guys need. Hope you all feel better.~ he said to the others. Dura looked hard at Jennifer. "And what is THAT supposed to mean, pray tell?" Then she saw the tissues and the runny nose. "Oh, I'm sorry. I got a thermos of green tea we can split at lunch. Don't worry about my germs, I've been perfectly healthy." Dressed in a longcoat, Argocite surveyed the cityscape as he walked the streets. "Great, just great." All these people sick meant that life energy was running at an all time low. There was precious little to leech off. Then he violently sneezed. *Black bells! I must've gotten some flu myself! If I run into any Senshi, I won't be in any shape to--* Then a very dark idea came into his steadily clogging head. Running with it, he teleported to the rooftop of a nearby hospital. ~Yeah, Lucas!~ sent Jakurin, applying a washcloth to Ureshii's face and leaning back a bit on a stool. ~Can you do something for me? I've actually ran out of my favorite kind of tea. It's called chai; very easy to get. I'll pay you back if you can pick me up a couple of pints.~ Ureshii began to doze lightly as Jakurin threw another blanket on the bottom of the bed. She'd probably have to set up a cot; no way she'd share a bed in case she'd get the flu as well. "Jak-CHOO!!" Jakurin's eyebrow twitched as she surpressed the giggle. A smile grew on her face as she removed the washcloth and headed for Tudo's room. "Coming, sir!" As she ran the washcloth over, she noticed some bees sail in. They twisted and turned, and lightly formed an arrow pointing downstairs to her old bedroom... the one she'd loaned to Umino. Patting Tudo lightly on the shoulder, she walked past the bees and gave them a short whistle. Advancing down to the resteraunt, then down to the basement, she gleefully called, "Hey, Bug Boy, didja go out for breakfast or something? Or did you catch... a bug, like everyone else?" she chuckled, then gave a slight yawn. Lucas smiled at Jakurin's request. ~Not a problem. I'll bring it by after I go home and pick it up. I have a small supply of it stashed away for emergencies.~ he replied. Michiru looked over at Jennifer and sighed. "WEll, some of us used up all of our sick days so we had one of two choices. Skip and fail...or be miserable and pass. And I'll tell you what...I graduate from this hell hole in the spring and I'm not going to let a little cold keep me away." she said. Her face was deathly pale with red sploches all over. Her nose was runny and red. And under her eyes were very heavy black rings. Coach Sanjouin looked at his class and wondered. ~I wonder if we attack now, maybe the senshi have this flu and will be weak. We can destory them in one swoop.~ He sent to his fellow Dark Kingdom members. "So you'd rather be dying here in school because you decided to play hookey with your sick days?" Jennifer snapped back at her fellow Senshi. "Real mature of you, Michiru." "You are not acting much better," Jeremy's voice filtered through the air as he entered the classroom. He looked at Michiru's face and shook his head, "Although she has a valid point. You should be at home in bed or seeing a doctor, not suffering through classes." He kept his face expressionless and his voice even but he wondered how she could have even climbed out of bed that morning. ~I wish I could Jaku," Misa sent, ~but I can hardly move, my whole body aches! Unless you know a quick method to learn teleportation or a way to travel by taxi without paying, I'm afraid I will stay here.~ (OOC: Just placing Jeremy's post above Misa's! We're good to go.) (OO2: Lucas-chan, I didn't sign up/plan on playing Zoi, but do you need him in here?? There's always Argocite as well.) Argocite sent back an answer from the hospital rooftop. ~I'm way ahead of you there, Nephrite my leige.~ Then he beckoned to the homeless man he'd escorted and "befreinded." Slowly he twisted, let his hair grow long, and his dirty clothes changed into a white lab coat and funky jungle print leotard pants. A headband with a mirror wrapped around his noggin, and a bandolier with syringe needles slapped around his chest. "YayayayayayayaYOW!" he screamed. Then he broke into rock and roll song: "I'm the one they call Dr. Feelbad! I'm the one who makes you feel all wrong! I'm the one they call Dr. Feelbad! I'm a Dark Kingdom Frankenstein!" Argocite nodded. ~One baited trap coming right up.~ "OK, guy, let's go pay those kids in the Children's ward a visit!" Melvin folded his top arms and put his bottom hands on his hips. "Har har. I stayed down here under the blankets all this time. Tokyo doesn't want to see a bug flying around much to start with. They definitely don't want one around bringing typhoid, malaria, or whatever! I'm staying where it's safe!" He presented the jars of honey. "Also hacked some herbal teas for delivery over here on the Web. And I told the flies and roaches in the dumpster out back to clean out the germy stuff, and get lost. They'll stay away from the public for the day until this flu blows over." Michiru looked at Jennifer with a death stare. ~I'll have you know every time I skipped was to save some sorry person's hid from the Dark Kingdom. I'm not going to let them take this from me!~ she sent. "Bite me!" she said to Jennifer adn then went back to her work. She wiped a bit of sweat from her forehead to keep herself awake. Lucas looked back at Michiru with a pitiful glance. ~Michiru, I'll cover for you, please get some rest. If anything drastic happens then we will be one senshi short. At least go see the school nurse, that way you won't be counted absent.~ he suggested. (OOC: Jurei, that's your call. If you want to play him, he is more than welcome. I know that you are trying to get away from playing him though.) Jeremy watched as Jennifer sat back and shook his head and remained calm, expressing no emotion as he spoke or acted. He reached and grabbed Michiru by the shoulders and hefted the girl over his shoulder, "Rather you want to or not you will see the school nurse." The teacher and Jennifer both looked at him but neither did much save watch as he headed for the door and the nurse's office. (ooc--PA if you think I went too far let me know with that one and not giving Michi a chance to dodge. I kinda figured she wouldn't be expecting it and with her being sick I'm not sure how much resistance she could put up.) Jakurin collected the jars and rested them on her own hips. "A tunneling bug," she quipped and listened to the rest of it. "Thanks, Umino. Last thing we need is for the bugs to think it's a free-eats joint." She yawned again, turning to go back upstairs and place the honey in the refrigerators and said, "Hey, would you like an oko'? I'm making a few in case I do get some guests... um... can you eat an okonomiyaki like that?" she asked with an embarrasssed smile in the middle of the stairs. "Sometimes I forget you can't go back..." (OOC: No Zoi for me, thanks. I'm full. ^^;) -- __________________________________________________________________ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ From : "Garrett Stanfield" To : NetSpiritCorsair@netscape.net Subject : Fwd: ARRPG: That Old Flu Bug Date : Tue, 16 Oct 2001 15:58:20 -0400 RPG: That Old Flu Bug Started By: Sailor Thundercrash 1/21/01 - Players: Guardian, Sailor Thundercrash, Queen Beryl, Argocite, Sailor Amazonia, Dark Bug, Sailor Jurei-Jurei, Venus Knight, Elizabeth, Artemis, Earth Knight, Sailor PeaceKeeper, Nephrite, Thunderbolt Knight, and Sailor Creation ---------------------------------------------------------------- Jennifer Satterlee woke up with a mighty sneeze as she groaned to herself and climbed out of bed. Her stomach felt like it was going to explode from the pain and she moved a slow pace, like a snail. She glanced at her bloodshot eyes from lack of sleep in the mirror and grumbled, "Damn flu." Slowly she got through with her shower and slipped into her school uniform and grudgingly headed out the door for a miserable day at Juuban High School. Another sneeze echoed through the darkness that was the Dark Kingdom's throne room. Sitting on her obsidian throne Beryl grumbled to herself as she sneezed yet again, *Blasted basketball star. Who cares how much energy he gave me or how good he was in the sack or how much he paid me he still gave me this damn human flu. Even my dark magiks can't expel it now that I've caught it.* She turned towards her globe as it showed the school of Juuban, *I will get my revenge on humanity for their flu though. That I guarantee.* Jeremy Satterlee pulled on his uniform jacket as he finished changing and grabbed his small metal flask and slid it into his jacket pocket and glanced around the large home he lived in and shook his head. Lately it was seeming all too empty and large for him. *Of course it has. Ever since that night back in December you spent with your ex-girlfriend you've been feeling empty. Ever since Jennifer showed up along with Liz you've been feeling guilty about not being able to actually be a part of the family you have. No wonder this house seems empty, neither the mother of your child nor your daughter live here with you.* He sighed and collected himself and headed out the door for another day of work, posing as a high school student. Yumiko Materyo punched in the keypad on the cash register. "Flowers, chicken soup mug, and get well soon card... that'll be 3000 yen, please... thank you! Come again." The customer sniffled as he paid, nodded his thanks and headed on out. As she put the money in the till, her husband pulled out a handkerchief and blew heartily with a HOOOOOOONK! "Sho!" Yumiko rebuked. "Not in front of the customers!" "It's my store, ain't it!?" he shot back crossly. "I got the right!" Dura rushed over with a small thermos bottle of hot tea. "Yeesh, this flu bug is getting around fast. "At least it's keeping our flower business afloat," he said. "I just wish it were for a healthier reason," Yumiko said sadly. Kitsune Jakurin patiently put another blanket on the shivering body of Sennyo Tudo, then padded downstairs to create a sign that would read 'Closed due to Illness'. Sighing a bit in her pajamas, she had had plenty of rest, and hadn't moved around lately, so the flu hadn't gotten her yet. It had laid up Ureshii and her father, however, so Jakurin knew she would have to miss school. After pulling down the brown venetian blinds, she cleared her throat a bit and then grinned at herself. She wouldn't need to speak to 'say' what she needed to say. ~Good morning, senshi-chans!~ she sang mentally. ~I trust everyone else is feeling like crap, ne?~ Dura felt her necklace hidden under her school fuku. ~Sorry, no. Er, well,... I'm sorry I can't commisserate with you right now. I've stayed healthy so far. My mom and dad have a touch, but nothing serious. They're still in business.~ Spotting her daughter apparently staring into space, her mother called. "Dura-chan, focus! You got to get to school!" ~Eep! Gotta go! Call me if you need anything!~ ~Will do. Hey, gang. The Sennyos' are sick, too. I don't think I'll go to school, but if anyone wants to come visit me regardless, I'll come get ya on my four-wheeler! The restaurant's closed, though, so if you're near-by, bang on the door.~ Jakurin then stretched herself out, and decided to head to the basement to check up on things. ACHOO! Misa was trying to light some incense. ACHOO! ACHOO! ACHOO! It was starting to be real test for her patience. *Well, well, well... I better leave it for later,* she thought throwing the matchbox on the table. ~Welcome to the club, Jakurin~ she answered. ~I'll stay at home too. I don't think I feel like working, and I hope my boss understands.~ Michiru looked at her classmates. She looked to be the only on in pure hell. ~Bite me~ she replied as she blew her nose. Lucas sat back listening to the conversations. ~Sorry that you are all ill ladies. I can make some tea for you after school if you want?~ he offered, drumming a pencil on his desk with a sly grin on his face. Michiru looked back at Lucas with the look of death on her face. ~Bite me.~ she replied and went back to tnding to her nose. Nephrite watched his class slump and stagger on their laps around the gym. "What is wrong with you? Can't you run faster?" he asked. One of the girls sniffled and said. "Sorry, Coach, I caught the flu the other day and can't shake it." she said sneezing. ~Well, any company's good. I'll even get Blake to rent--- well... hey! How about free okos for everyone? You guys are all sick anyway, right? Just show up and we'll veg or something!~ she sent down through the line before taking off the comm. She peeked around the corner, and saw a ruffled mess of blankets on the floor either the Dark B... Umino was sleeping underneath it, or he had left early in the morning for something. Padding back up to the restaurant, she detached the communicator and placed it on the counter. Jakurin then sat away from her small crystal, and quietly gave a tearful sigh. She missed Blake. Ever since their Silver Millenium experience, he had almost avoided her, not even showing up for free food. And it hurt. It's not like she MEANT to push him into military Knight service by taking his court job. Surely one wouldn't hold a grudge hundreds of years later? She suddenly perked up, hearing Ureshii weakly call for a box of tissues. Glancing about, she picked up a metal napkin dispenser and whistled up to her bedroom. Down below the blankets, Umino finally stirred. He had checked up on the hive by Dura's flower shop earlier, to avoid the people. He didn't want to stay hidden from even Jakurin and Ureshii like this, especially after their grand generosity. But with this flu running around, odds were he'd get the blame for it. He checked the jars of honey he got from his "tenants" at the hive. He'd present it for tea as soon as Jakurin came back around. Dura looked around the classroom. The student turnout was pretty sparse. That flu was worse than she expected. She came in late, and she didn't catch much flak from the teachers. In fact, she was impressed that anyone was holding down the fort. ~Guys?~ she magically sent. ~I'm getting the lessons and assignments for everyone, so we can get a solid head start over the rest of the sickies.~ "Aaaah-CHOO!" Sho sneezed violently into his handkerchief. Blowing to clear his nostril, he looked. "Ewww," he automatically said. "What?" Yumiko asked, rolling over. "Nothing," he said shortly. But too late: his wife saw the red stains. "Blood? In the mucous?!" she said. "That is NOT good! Get in bed, Sho, now!" "I'm fine! I am NOT going to leave someone in a wheelchair to do two people's work!" "There's gonna be TWO cripples in this shop in a moment!" Yumiko snarled. "Bed! Before I run over your toes!" Jennifer trudged into her first class carrying a box of kleenexes as she sat down and said quietly, "Guess not everyone is stupid and some stayed home." Rikko sat up in bed. His communicator was on the floor next to his futon, and he happened to turn over, laying his hand on it. He picked it up and sent, ~I'm out of it too. Figures. I usually manage to avoid this kind of stuff, but looks like it got me good this time. Dura, can you get my work too?~ he asked. He put the crystal necklace around his neck and got up for the day. He grabbed the half gallon of OJ and started to chug. *Guess this stuff doesn't work that well after all.* he thought. He sneezed violently a few times and then sat down at the edge of the bed. He leaned back on his bed and said, "Looks like this is where I stay." Dunican had been walking to school as he listened to the chatter over the crystal communicators. ~Boy alot of you guys sound bad.~ he thought. ~It's going to be a small class if alot of you guys are not coming in to school,~ he sent. ~If anyone needs anything let me know and I will get want ever you guys need. Hope you all feel better.~ he said to the others. Dura looked hard at Jennifer. "And what is THAT supposed to mean, pray tell?" Then she saw the tissues and the runny nose. "Oh, I'm sorry. I got a thermos of green tea we can split at lunch. Don't worry about my germs, I've been perfectly healthy." Dressed in a longcoat, Argocite surveyed the cityscape as he walked the streets. "Great, just great." All these people sick meant that life energy was running at an all time low. There was precious little to leech off. Then he violently sneezed. *Black bells! I must've gotten some flu myself! If I run into any Senshi, I won't be in any shape to--* Then a very dark idea came into his steadily clogging head. Running with it, he teleported to the rooftop of a nearby hospital. ~Yeah, Lucas!~ sent Jakurin, applying a washcloth to Ureshii's face and leaning back a bit on a stool. ~Can you do something for me? I've actually ran out of my favorite kind of tea. It's called chai; very easy to get. I'll pay you back if you can pick me up a couple of pints.~ Ureshii began to doze lightly as Jakurin threw another blanket on the bottom of the bed. She'd probably have to set up a cot; no way she'd share a bed in case she'd get the flu as well. "Jak-CHOO!!" Jakurin's eyebrow twitched as she surpressed the giggle. A smile grew on her face as she removed the washcloth and headed for Tudo's room. "Coming, sir!" As she ran the washcloth over, she noticed some bees sail in. They twisted and turned, and lightly formed an arrow pointing downstairs to her old bedroom... the one she'd loaned to Umino. Patting Tudo lightly on the shoulder, she walked past the bees and gave them a short whistle. Advancing down to the resteraunt, then down to the basement, she gleefully called, "Hey, Bug Boy, didja go out for breakfast or something? Or did you catch... a bug, like everyone else?" she chuckled, then gave a slight yawn. Lucas smiled at Jakurin's request. ~Not a problem. I'll bring it by after I go home and pick it up. I have a small supply of it stashed away for emergencies.~ he replied. Michiru looked over at Jennifer and sighed. "WEll, some of us used up all of our sick days so we had one of two choices. Skip and fail...or be miserable and pass. And I'll tell you what...I graduate from this hell hole in the spring and I'm not going to let a little cold keep me away." she said. Her face was deathly pale with red sploches all over. Her nose was runny and red. And under her eyes were very heavy black rings. Coach Sanjouin looked at his class and wondered. ~I wonder if we attack now, maybe the senshi have this flu and will be weak. We can destory them in one swoop.~ He sent to his fellow Dark Kingdom members. "So you'd rather be dying here in school because you decided to play hookey with your sick days?" Jennifer snapped back at her fellow Senshi. "Real mature of you, Michiru." "You are not acting much better," Jeremy's voice filtered through the air as he entered the classroom. He looked at Michiru's face and shook his head, "Although she has a valid point. You should be at home in bed or seeing a doctor, not suffering through classes." He kept his face expressionless and his voice even but he wondered how she could have even climbed out of bed that morning. ~I wish I could Jaku," Misa sent, ~but I can hardly move, my whole body aches! Unless you know a quick method to learn teleportation or a way to travel by taxi without paying, I'm afraid I will stay here.~ Argocite sent back an answer from the hospital rooftop. ~I'm way ahead of you there, Nephrite my leige.~ Then he beckoned to the homeless man he'd escorted and "befreinded." Slowly he twisted, let his hair grow long, and his dirty clothes changed into a white lab coat and funky jungle print leotard pants. A headband with a mirror wrapped around his noggin, and a bandolier with syringe needles slapped around his chest. "YayayayayayayaYOW!" he screamed. Then he broke into rock and roll song: "I'm the one they call Dr. Feelbad! I'm the one who makes you feel all wrong! I'm the one they call Dr. Feelbad! I'm a Dark Kingdom Frankenstein!" Argocite nodded. ~One baited trap coming right up.~ "OK, guy, let's go pay those kids in the Children's ward a visit!" Melvin folded his top arms and put his bottom hands on his hips. "Har har. I stayed down here under the blankets all this time. Tokyo doesn't want to see a bug flying around much to start with. They definitely don't want one around bringing typhoid, malaria, or whatever! I'm staying where it's safe!" He presented the jars of honey. "Also hacked some herbal teas for delivery over here on the Web. And I told the flies and roaches in the dumpster out back to clean out the germy stuff, and get lost. They'll stay away from the public for the day until this flu blows over." Michiru looked at Jennifer with a death stare. ~I'll have you know every time I skipped was to save some sorry person's hid from the Dark Kingdom. I'm not going to let them take this from me!~ she sent. "Bite me!" she said to Jennifer adn then went back to her work. She wiped a bit of sweat from her forehead to keep herself awake. Lucas looked back at Michiru with a pitiful glance. ~Michiru, I'll cover for you, please get some rest. If anything drastic happens then we will be one senshi short. At least go see the school nurse, that way you won't be counted absent.~ he suggested. Jeremy watched as Jennifer sat back and shook his head and remained calm, expressing no emotion as he spoke or acted. He reached and grabbed Michiru by the shoulders and hefted the girl over his shoulder, "Rather you want to or not you will see the school nurse." The teacher and Jennifer both looked at him but neither did much save watch as he headed for the door and the nurse's office. Jakurin collected the jars and rested them on her own hips. "A tunneling bug," she quipped and listened to the rest of it. "Thanks, Umino. Last thing we need is for the bugs to think it's a free-eats joint." She yawned again, turning to go back upstairs and place the honey in the refrigerators and said, "Hey, would you like an oko'? I'm making a few in case I do get some guests... um... can you eat an okonomiyaki like that?" she asked with an embarrasssed smile in the middle of the stairs. "Sometimes I forget you can't go back..."