Sunday had come around as Tucker's alarm clock went off. After pressing the button, he seemed to have recovered a bit from yesterday though he still felt a little awful about it. He heard a knocking on the door and after getting dressed, he walked over to see who it was. He was hoping it was not Kenji. Tucker gripped the doorknob and turned it, his door opened to reveal Hanako standing outside.

"Good morning Hanako." Tucker greeted her. Hanako held her hands together as she looked at Tucker.

Katawa Shoujo- Nocturne

"Morning Tucker, are… are you feeling better?" Hanako asked Tucker if he was doing better compared to the day before. Tucker looked at his arm as the burning sensation he had days before was gone… for now.

"I certainly am. Thanks for asking." Tucker told Hanako that he was certainly feeling better compared to the day before. Hanako gave a small smile before she began to stutter again.

"Want… want to…" It was clear she was having trouble trying to figure out what she wanted to say. After a couple of moments of trying to figure it out, she began to speak again. "Want to go for a walk with me?" Hanako finally spoke to Tucker.

"Sure, I can use some fresh air." Tucker replied. Hanako smiled before she and Tucker began to walk out together. Hanako knew she needed to catch Tucker up while he was out cold regarding yesterday's events.

Hanako had gotten Tucker out of his dorm as they were wandering around the school's property. Hanako had no idea where she wanted to go so aimless wandering it was. She turned to Tucker as she seemed curious about it and knew she needed to tell him about it.

"So, Tucker." Hanako began.

"Yeah?" Tucker asked. Hanako placed her hands together and she began speaking again.

"I… I applied for the newspaper club." Hanako began. Tucker paused at the notion. Hanako applied to join another club.

"Really?" Tucker asked, he was trying to be sincere about it as if he was excited about Hanako's decision. Hanako paused as she tried to figure out what she was going to say next.

"Well… after what I said about running late, I decided to apply and then we went to your dorm as we wanted to tell you about it, but you were still out cold from your rest. Now I'm telling you this as I wanted to tell you before." Hanako explained to Tucker that she had her chance to apply. "Now I'm just waiting to see if I get accepted." Hanako added. Tucker nodded while they were walking along.

"I hope you do; Natsume is pretty friendly… around me, I might have to talk to her about it the chance I bump into her." Tucker told Hanako that he needed to tell his friend about what was going on while they wandered the school grounds.

"She's nice. Naomi is a little loud, not as loud as Misha but something I can tolerate." Hanako told Tucker about it. They were then stopped by a face neither of them wanted to see.

Katawa Shoujo- Out of the Loop

"Well look who it is." Kenji began. Tucker froze up as he did his best to shield Hanako from Kenji. He knew an argument was going to break out between them.

"What do you want, Kenji?" Tucker grumbled. Kenji had to waltz his way in and ruin the conversation with Hanako.

"You sound like you went out to get some milk and had the feminists interrogate you. Are you sure you're, okay?" Kenji asked Tucker.

"Look I'm fine but can I please keep talking with Hanako?" Tucker asked. Kenji looked at Tucker as if he wanted to say no.

"You don't sound fine." Kenji began as he was picking up on Tucker's agitated state. "You sound like you're in pain. Did those feminists hurt you?" Kenji asked if he was doing okay.

"I said I was fine." Tucker told Kenji. "Please… just… leave me alone." Tucker finally said to Kenji. He didn't want to be bothered even more by Kenji's nonsense.

"I wouldn't leave you be. We don't know if Hanako is a spy." Kenji told Tucker that Hanako was the thing that was under his influence. Hanako nervously hid behind Tucker as if a fight was going to break out between the two of them. Tucker tensed up as he decided to say nothing on the matter. "Too scared to say it?" Kenji asked. Tucker looked around, hoping for a way out to all of this. Help was on its way, neither Tucker nor Kenji realized there was a cannon being wheeled up behind Kenji and if Kenji turned around and figured out what it was, he could just run off and get away. Finally, the cannon went off as Tucker stumbled back a bit, nearly knocking Hanako over. He then looked up to see Kenji in the net that was fired at him.

"Well, that was easier than I expected this to turn out to be." Ernest began. Kenji was trying to wiggle his way out of the net like a trapped animal who had just been captured into a cage.

"Why did you do this?" Kenji asked as he seemed to be rather annoyed with the prospect of having Tucker be used as bait while the real danger went up and caught him from behind. Shizune and Misha showed up and began speaking.

"We wanted to see if you wanted to be the one to reveal why you seem to be bothering the female students and calling them Feminists." Misha told Tucker as her words meant no harm.

"Well, we don't like Kenji and Shizune said she was trying to hunt him down for the time being and we've finally caught him." Ernest felt like he had to repeat himself about what he said about Kenji. "At least you helped catch him, so I am thankful for that." Ernest looked at Tucker as he seemed to give him a pat on the back. Shizune looked at Tucker with silence before Misha began speaking again.

"Shicchan says you were helpful for catching Kenji Tucchan." Misha told Tucker that she was more than thankful for his help. Tucker smiled around them as Shizune and Ernest went out of their way to help get Misha back to the student council. Misha looked at them and Tucker began to speak.

"Do you need help getting the cannon back to the school?" Tucker asked Misha if she would want some assistance.

"We should be fine. Me and Shicchan got this. Thank you for asking though Tucchan." Misha told Tucker that they didn't need that much help compared to before. "Well, we better get going, it was nice talking to you." Misha told Tucker. The four of them left the scene as it was now just Tucker and Hanako again. Hanako looked like she had been thinking about something and she was ready to drop the details about it.

"Hey… Tucker?" Hanako asked. Tucker looked at Hanako as he seemed to be curious about it.

"Yes Hanako?" Tucker seemed to ask. Hanako decided to give it some thought before she began speaking.

"Did you have any dreams last night? You seem to get those dreams and you tell Rin about them. I bet you were having one." Hanako began as she wanted to see what was going on inside of Tucker's mind. Tucker tried his best to think about it.

"I did, I hadn't told Rin about it, but it was about the thing that Rin had painted two weeks before while he was a new student at Yamaku academy. He didn't know why it popped into his head as if he just had a dream about it. Was it the Mural? Hanako began asking next.

"The steam train Rin painted?" Hanako asked. Tucker snapped his head up thinking he knew what Hanako was talking about. "It's the mural that Rin painted for the festival."

"Yes, how did you know?" Tucker asked Hanako if she knew anything about it.

"I… I passed it sometime after the festival happened. I no… nor… normally spend my ti… ti… ti… time alone." Hanako stuttered as she seemed to struggle with speaking out the truth to Tucker.

"It's okay Hanako, I'm here." Tucker told Hanako about it. Hanako stood by Tucker's side before she continued to speak.

"It's beautiful." Hanako told Tucker. Tucker gave a glance to Hanako before turning to her. "I'll take you there if you want to." Hanako invited Tucker to come along. Hanako began to lead the way with Tucker following in behind her. Hanako and Tucker arrived back at the mural as it seemed to be quiet. Not many students were milling around and Hanako knew she had Tucker to herself.

"So, what is it that you brought me here for?" Tucker asked as he was curious to see what Hanako needed. Hanako pressed her hands together before taking a breather. Tucker looked at the steam engine Rin had told him when they were making this mural together, the paint was still strong but the smell of it had worn off. Tucker looked to see the various details of it, including the number of 836. Tucker ran his fingers along the mural as something was coming back to him. "The dream… the dream I had." Tucker began.

"That was why I brought you here." Hanako told Tucker. She stood by his side while studying the mural with him. The puffing of the metal snake heading along the path that had been laid for it, the rain coming down to glisten the steel of its skin and the bridge where it would fall through and meet its demise.

Katawa Shoujo- Comfort

"It's still strange to see that something that appeared in my dreams was right here, all along." Tucker began. He began to think of what Rin was going to say. He knew there was going to be a game later that day and he wanted to think of it. Hanako smelled the paint as if the scent was fading away.

"I am no predictor, but I don't know how long until this vision of yours fades away?" Hanako began. She got up and prepared to make her walk to the art room. Tucker stood up as well. "I might have to talk to Mr. Nomiya about what you might be experiencing, and we can try to figure something out."

"I'm coming with you then?" Tucker asked. Hanako nodded without saying a word. She then decided to take the lead with Tucker following in behind her. They walked off together as they needed to speak to Tucker's art teacher directly.

Tucker and Hanako made their way to the third floor as they spotted Shinichi outside of his classroom, handling some of the canvases that some of the students had painted. Shinichi turned to Tucker and Hanako, thinking they needed him for something.

"Ah Mr. Kagami, it's nice to see you around here. Probably once in a blue moon to see you on a weekend and that too as you have Hanako with you. So what brings you here?" Shinichi asked. He decided to let them inside while trying to figure out what they needed.

"Tucker had a dream about the mural last night." Hanako began. "He said it was alive as it was moving, he told me he was dragged along like some kind of camera. When the train got to the bridge, it… it fell through. Many people must've gotten themselves hurt from this." Hanako did her best to retrace his steps. Shinichi began to rub his hand on one of his temples as he began to speak.

"Well… I haven't noticed this with Rin until recently when she submitted to me her artwork. She does freestyle and even before the club of yours has been established, she really liked those machines that you were interested in." Shinichi began as he tried his best to trace back to where Rin seemed to like this type of concept. "She usually didn't tell me about this, thinking I would get angry but I…" Shinichi paused as he began to think of something. He wasn't entirely sure about what he was going to say about. "Whenever Rin makes original stuff that isn't hyper-fixated on something, I tend to like it a lot more."

"So, originality over hobby painting, right?" Hanako asked if this was going to be the true case.

"Yep. I'm glad to have you as a student Mr. Kagami." Shinichi told Tucker. He paused as if he was thinking of something else. Hanako felt like she had answered for Tucker, but her friend got the praise from the teacher when she did most of the talking. "Oh, Eleanor hasn't been in classes for the past few days as she is painting for the 22nd Corner art gallery coming up in a couple of weeks and I've asked her to take more time out of her afternoons which she has happily accepted. She's been working around the clock and looks like I've found myself a good artist." Shinichi told Tucker that his little sister had been taking more and more time out of her classes to help prepare for an art event. Tucker was shocked.

"She… she… she…" Tucker paused as he didn't know what he was going to say. He sighed as he drew a sharp breath before he continued to speak. "She just left her classes just for your art?" Tucker asked Shinichi. Shinichi looked at Tucker as he tried to figure out how he was going to say this in the mildest of terms.

"Tucker, I want to say that isn't entirely true. She's still tending her classes but when the last period bell rang, Eleanor comes here and devotes the afternoon painting along with the evening. Ever since Rin told me she wasn't interested, I needed to find another artist to fill her spot fast and Eleanor was quick to step up." Shinichi began speaking that Eleanor had replaced Rin as his favorite art student and now he needed more time from her. "However, even the afternoon isn't enough as I'm working to have her devote her days to the art program. This will not go into effect until the last day before the three-day break coming up so you can speak to her if you wish."

"Can I speak to her now?" Tucker asked Shinichi if this was going to be possible.

"Sure, I guess." Shinichi told Tucker. Tucker and Hanako entered the art room as the room smelt like it was covered in paint, it was a strong smell he was too familiar with. Tucker looked around to see several completed canvases. Hanako realized the place was busy as there were blank canvases, sloppily stacked together as the completed ones hung in the corner to dry. Several students were inside as they were painting away. Eleanor was in her corner, putting the finishing touches on another one of her canvases. She turned around to see Tucker and Hanako.

"Hello Tucker." Eleanor greeted him.

Katawa Shoujo- Caged Heart

"Afternoon Eleanor." Tucker greeted Eleanor. He seemed nervous to see what she was going to say and how Hanako was going to react to all of this. Tucker sensed that this wasn't the Eleanor he knew a few months back. She was spending more and more time with her art. He knew he needed to hide it to see what was up with her. "It seems that you have had a nice painting you've made."

"Yeah, I made it myself. The event coming up is a strenuous one and I need more time away from my studies to make sure that all of these can attend the gallery." Eleanor explained to Tucker that with the strenuous activity that was the art gallery, she needed the time to get herself situated and have the event prepared. Tucker knew he needed to keep his cool.

"Have you been studying at all?" Tucker asked Eleanor if she was paying attention to her grades. Eleanor sighed nonchalantly before she began speaking.

"I have." Eleanor lied to Tucker. Tucker felt like Eleanor didn't give a clear-cut answer to her brother, Tucker instead decided he needed to play along with it.

"Well, these are some magnificent paintings you've made. What's the inspiration behind these?" Tucker asked. Tucker felt like he was mad at his sister, but he didn't show any signs of it thinking the relationship between the siblings was going to be crushed.

"I looked to other painters for inspiration, including Nomiya's advice. Me and Rin aren't getting along that well especially as Rin is beginning to drift off more to herself and keeps painting the same things over and over again, like they look different but it's all about the same thing. I just wish Rin could paint like me." Eleanor explained to Tucker that Rin was more devoted to painting from their game rather than what Shinichi had laid out for them when Tucker came here on his first day. He knew that Rin was possibly in danger now, but more importantly, their club.

"At least you're following the director, so good job." Tucker did his best to put on a smile, but he was getting concerned of not only Eleanor's well-being but Rin's as well. Hanako decided to interrupt the conversation.

"Uh Tucker. I hate to be rude but the Trainz meeting for the day begins in ten minutes, we should get going." Hanako told Tucker that they needed to get going if they were going to be there on time. Tucker nodded as Shinichi walked over.

"Hey Mr. Nomiya, me and Hanako need to go, it was nice chatting with you." Tucker told Shinichi that he and Hanako needed to leave. Shinichi nodded.

"See you tomorrow morning Mr. Kagami, it was nice speaking to you." Shinichi told Tucker goodbye as they left the art room, they began to make their way back to their dorms while Hanako began speaking to Tucker.

"Hey Tucker." Hanako began. Tucker turned his head to Hanako as he wanted to figure out what was going on. "While you were having your conversation with Eleanor, I decided to do some snooping around and I found out that Eleanor has her bag full of incomplete homework assignments and those that were completed had failing grades. I think Eleanor cares for nothing other than her art." Hanako told Tucker that his younger sister was failing her grades for art and now with Shinichi's decision, he was worried that if he spoke up, he would be risking the club and Rin.

Katawa Shoujo- Shadow of the Truth

"I knew what Eleanor said was a lie." Tucker told Hanako as they kept walking along together. Tucker began to think about what he was going to say about all of this. He knew that he didn't want to say it now as it would still mean everything, he worked for will be lost.

"But what can we do about it?" Hanako asked if Tucker could give anything to get this issue resolved and Eleanor's grades back on track. Tucker tried to think about it as they continued to walk along, sadly nothing came out of his mind.

"I'm too scared to say anything about it. If Shinichi finds out about the club, he'll go out of his way to disband it, and Rin will be back as a painter doing concepts, she said she hadn't had ideas for. And while Eleanor's grades will recover, she too was going to be upset as she couldn't pursue her talent." Tucker explained as he didn't know how he was going to be able to tackle this topic and figure out a way to make both sides happy, if Eleanor failed, that would mean the club would be together and Rin would be happy, but Shinichi wouldn't. "I don't know how I should approach this." Hanako decided to think about it for a moment before she began to speak.

"You can write a letter about it to your dad and see how he will try to solve the problem." Hanako suggested. Tucker thought about what Hanako had said. Write a letter to his dad. Tucker thought Hanako's suggestion was going to be crazy but if it meant getting some output from his family on how to resolve the crisis where both sides won. He would have to take it.

"Thank you a lot Hanako, I have to split from you, and we shall speak again." Tucker told Hanako before they split up for their dorms. The two of them walked off as Tucker entered his dorm.

Tucker had made his way to his dorm, and he was in a session with his friends. He was still thinking of the letter he had written thanks to Hanako's suggestion. He began to read it over one more time to make sure everything was correct.

Dear Dad

I am doing well, and I met someone really special that I fell in love with. Her name is Rin Tezuka. She is a painter whose arms are non-existent and she's my new girlfriend but that isn't the reason why I'm writing this letter to you. It turns out Eleanor hasn't been doing her homework as she devotes most of her time to her art as she says there is a big gallery event coming up and she's spending all of her time there. I am doing my best to keep up with my grades, Rin and her friends and with whatever free time I have left. I apologize for holding off on this letter in a week's advance as not much happened. Like I said before, I'm concerned with Eleanor's homework. Write back to me when you have the chance.

Yours, Tucker Kagami

Tucker looked at the letter before he placed it in the envelope to be sent back to his father. Tucker continued to drive along the dark, rainy night, crossing over a bridge as if the rain had caused a spark that had awoken a fallen warrior from its grave.

World Of Goo- Cog In The Machine

The fallen warrior was Union Pacific 836, it was clearer as it was a ghost, a ghost controlled by Rin Tezuka. Rin felt like she had the power like an artist over its masterpiece. Silently, she began to roll forward, slowly across the bridge, the locomotive teleporting its ghost like fashion to the other track as it moved along, then it teleported back to the track it was originally on before making a clone of itself. The locomotive continued, making ghostly clones of itself for a split second before they disappeared, teleporting ahead before jumping back to the spot it was at or teleporting farther back and jumping forward to where it was. The ghost train crossed the bridge as if Rin had control of the game and could have all the fun she wished. Once the engine crossed the bridge, Rin knew she needed to try something freaky on one of the unsuspecting players.

Natsume was busy running her train as the growl of the three units she had made their way through the rain. Natsume stopped herself when an unknown ghost was slowly approaching her. The ghost continued to travel along the track before swapping over to the track to its left. The same track Natsume was on. Natsume saw what was coming to her and tried to reverse as fast as she could. Then the ghost train picked up speed, charging into her. Natsume felt her entire train derail as Rin prowled through the mess like nothing had affected her. She teleported to the right side of the track, going through the wreckage. Natsume was wondering how it was possible that Rin could have the abilities, yet she couldn't. Rin finally passed through the wreckage as she moved on. The ghost train sped up before disappearing into the night.

The entire game was heard with a haunting whistle as it seemed to affect all of them. Tucker was chatting with Natsume about what happened when the whistle was heard. They were both confused about what was going on when the whistle was heard again. Could this be what Rin had in mind? Tucker knew he had to figure out what was going on.

[A/N]: Another chapter for you all and looks like Act 3 is going at a pretty slow pace. There is the three-day break that is coming up and the next chapter will deal with what happened in this one as well as everyone's plans for the break. Rin will be participating in it; don't you worry about that.