D'oh!

[Have a wet Takami, with the hood of his light blue sweatshirt up, staring at the sky. There had been talk of rain today, but the weather didn't seem too bad. He had practiced in worse, after all. But, he remembered a promise...]

Ah, Ashura-san, Reira-san... It's raining today. I'm not sure if you'd want to practice in this weather. I'll be-

[He was going to say jogging, but remembers that he doesn't want to give any inkling of his disadvantage. Still, maybe... He'd just say he was going at a slower pace than normal. He wasn't sure.]

I'll be outside, if you still need to contact me.

[In a raincoat, with a matching pair of boots and an umbrella, Kobato twirls cheerfully within the rain, holding a hand out to feel the cool drops as she spins. It's nice, the rain. Sometimes it could be sad when it prohibited a fun day out in the sun, but it helped everything grow and is special in it's own way. A couple of extra umbrellas sway from along her purse as she moves, her dress catching and twirling with her. Opening her mouth, she sings, her pretty voice lifting up into the air as she enjoys the change in weather. ]

Ciel? Are you available to talk?

Hello. Testing. Testing. One. Two. Three. Is this thing on? [Yes, he knows it's on, but this is what a human would say, isn't it?]

I seem to be all human-shaped. How dismal. And why is one leg so much heavier than the other? [Peers down.]

Oh, look. A ball and chain.

I guess I'm not the only one who likes to play dress up. [In a sing-song voice] Oh, warden, I think you forgot my striped pajamas. Or should it be an orange jumpsuit? Which do you think would work better with my complexion?

Now, who wants to be a dear and bake a cake with a chisel in it for me?

-- Noon --

[Lockon is waiting outside the ramen shop, a bright blue umbrella his only cover from the rain. His hair was damp, but he smelled faintly of lavender, having come almost straight from his shower. He had rushed over, so that he wouldn't be late for his appointment with his brother. After all, the planned for lunch, and with what he discovered during the morning announcement, he and Lyle had some important arrangements to make.]

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--3 PM--

[He arrived in the shelter a little after 3 o'clock. Lockon was beginning to wonder why he even bothered to dry his hair today, in the first place, as he wrings out the hair on the back of his neck. Also, he really needed to invest in a jacket. He wasn't soaked, but it was obvious the umbrella had only done so much.

No time to go and fix that, though, as he knocks on the door of Euphie and Cornelia's room. There was a moment spent centering himself as he pushed Cornelia's words away. Now was not the time to worry about this. He had made a promise, and he could bide his time for a little while longer. This was going to be a happy afternoon with his death-buddy friend, whom he owed. Nothing else.]

Euphie? It's me... Lockon. [He set his jaw a moment. That had to be the first thing to go. Before she opened the door, he put on an easy smile.]

[Hei stepped into the Ramen stand, clothes dripping, hair a mess. He was restless after laying low, watching, waiting, looking for something, anything that would tell where he was and how to return to the Syndicate. He had determined many others were in the same rut and had been for weeks and months longer then he had.

Sitting down at the bar, Hei waited for his order to arrive. He had been here so often, even the robots were barely required a request before they brought out his usual. It was unpleasant, to say the least. He was on edge, but without an outlet.

Amber's silence was particularly telling. Had she disappeared at the whim of their captors as so many had or had she used her contract and dwindled down to infancy? Or had she simply left them all for dead, as she had once before?

A flash of lightening lit up the stand, throwing shadows against the wall. Hei bit his lip as he broke his chopsticks. He was really starting to hate this place.]

[ Overjoyed to have woken up to find her restraints gone, Aerith decided that since she had been unable to go see Rei in the hospital the day before, she would do so today.
Gazing at the map on her communicator, she worked out the best way to get there. The hospital appeared to be in Sector 1, North west of the shelter. All she had to do was get there and contact Rei to ask her which room, right?]

[ About 15 minutes of walking brought her to the glass double doors of the medical facility, little bots coming in and out on occassion. It was so weird to see robots everywhere like this. In midgar, they were only used for military.]

Rei? It's Aerith! I'm here at the hospital to see you~ Which room are you in?

[ She hasn't figured out how to private things yet so, everyone will hear this.]

( Strange bedfellows lead to cranky vampires )

[Voice]

Yuuki! Why is there a miniature dragon on my bed?!

{OOC: Action only open to people who would logically be in Yuuki and Aidou's house at the time.}