Chapter twenty three:

"Hello there Hayato Kiyoshi." Kyouya greets the man flashing a smile. "I am Kyouya Ootori and these are my friends." He tells him after shaking Hayato's hand. "Tamaki, Kaoru, Hikaru, Haruhi, Hunny and Mori." He tells him all of their names to keep things formal.

"It is nice to meet you all." Hayato greets them just as friendly as he did with Kyouya. His arm dropping to his side after he had completed the handshake. "We have some time before it is time to go live. Why don't we show you around a bit? You can even ask anything you want about filming for tv."

"Well now that you mention it we are very curious about a few things." Tamaki mentions putting an almost thoughtful hand on his chin. "I suppose we can start with if we can see some behind the scenes. And the electronic board that controls lights and stuff from the show."

"Of course. Right this way." Hayato leads the way into the area with the control panel that they are wanting to check out.

Kaoru starts to walk at the back of the group. He however pauses barely hiding a yelp as a bullet is shot by his foot. He isn't struck at all since he isn't to be actually hit right now. He glances around only to spot that a high up window is open. He has no doubt that the group would be able to easily get someone inside to take care of him if they decide to do so. He does know that the one shot was just a warning shot. He'd be dead or wounded if they meant it as more than a warning. He turns away and quickly goes to rejoin his group of friends before it is noticed that he is missing.

"Here is where we can control things like our lights and things on the stage. We even have special lights for special occasions. We can even have a rather large tv turned on through here. We control what appears on there with things lined up and ready beforehand to make it look as good as possible." Hayato gestures around the room that can look into the main recording room.

There is a large control board with tons of buttons and levers. There is even a spot that shows what would be on a tv screen if it was there. The many buttons aren't all labeled so those operating the board need to know what each thing does. It definitely shows just how complicated the whole thing really is.

"We probably would have to have less features to fit in the club room." Haruhi mentions glancing to just how large the board truly is.

"I suppose you're right." Kyouya does confirm adjusting his glasses on his face.

Kaoru figures that yes he supposes such things could be hacked. He does believe that causing technical difficulties might help with a mission if needed. He just doesn't think it'd be easy at all to make anything turn interesting without knowing what each thing does.

Hunny turns to look to Hayato with a hopeful excited smile. "Do you think that we can try doing some recording? It doesn't have to be used on the show. I just think it'd be a lot of fun."

Hayato gives a hearty chuckle at the request. "Well I don't see why not. It will be fun indeed for us. We could make whoever wants to film temporary filming assistants. You'll get to help out with the recordings."

"Yay!" Hunny beams and slightly bounces in excitement.

Mori gives his stoic nod to the man as a thanks for allowing Hunny to explore some things that'd be interesting to him.

"Why don't we head on our way to do that? Make sure that we have that all set up before we begin shooting." Hayato tells them in which they follow after him into the recording room where they approach one of the cameras.

There is another man who is at the camera making sure that it is all operational. He has light brown hair that's a little longer to cover his ears though it is well brushed. He has deep brown eyes, slightly tan skin, and white freckles dotted across his cheeks. His clothes include a pull over hoodie with the Tv station logo on the back, jeans, and black running shoes.

"This is Yo Ruri. Him and our camera woman Kiko Manami are the lead operators of the cameras. They decide on the angles, the movements of the cameras, the zoom, and everything." Hayato explains to them in which Yo glances to them at hearing his name. "We have some cameras that can be moved by the board you saw earlier. Though they also move cameras here hence why we have two lead camera operators. We trust them to keep anyone working with the cameras to stay on track and get the right shots. You'll usually see one of them here and one in the control room. Though they have established very good communication."

"Oh don't give us so much credit." Yo chuckles softly as he had listened to Hayato talk. "Yeah we do communicate well. Though in the moment it really helps to be able to understand movements and to be able to move accordingly. It's like working as one even when we are in two different rooms."

Hunny moves closer to the camera and listens interested as Yo tells him about what all the buttons do. He also is lifted by Mori to get an even closer look at the whole thing.

"I think you're going to be a good assistant to help with the filming." Yo tells Hunny who beams at the man who is also smiling at him.

Kaoru can't help a small smile as he watches his friend enjoy checking out the different things with the camera. His eyes for a few moments glance around looking for openings or windows just in case. He also keeps track of those he sees around himself.

"Is everything okay?" Hikaru whispers to Kaoru gaining his brothers attention.

"Yeah. I'm okay." Kaoru assures Hikaru even giving a smile to go along with his response. He sees Hikaru relax a little though before either of them can say anything else Hayato speaks up to get their attention.

"Okay! We'll make sure we all look all set for the show!" Hayato informs them. "Kyouya. I'll have to send you to make sure you are indeed all set."

"Sounds good to me. As long as I'll have some say in it." Kyouya agrees and glances to the others. "Feel free to try to help or do anything you wanna do in the meantime."

The others nod and Kyouya goes with Hayato to make sure that they are ready to go on the air.