I- I've been here for a long time now and I couldn't help but notice...

NOBODY HERE IS A VIRGIN!

Of course Kiosan respects everyone's decision to become an adult, and Kiosan knows that's all personal business... but it's okay to slow down, too!

It's really okay to enjoy life as a kid.

So what's this Festival thingie? Anyone know what world it comes from? Don't get a lot of chances to celebrate back home.

[Anya's flat on her stomach, humming as she fiddles with a crayon. There's several sheets of construction paper in front of her; some already filled with doodles and sketches. Most of them are just incomprehensible scribbles, but Marianne's enjoying herself - and that's all that really matters.]

ooc: anyamar!

Shit... Been at this for two days now. I'm taking a break.~

How do you people read until your eyes bleed? This stuff's worse than trying to make sense of a stupid military report.

[But it will pay off. It has to. B|]

Hey "Good Girl" and Chuckles. Got a minute?

[That would be for Road and Kefka~]

[ANGRILY points a finger! SO ANGRY!!!!! And cranky. Baby didn't sleep good.]

You bastards have got a lot of DAMN nerve!

First of all,  don't  you ever be a jerk to my brother! He's too nice, okay?! Being a jerk to me is one thing, because I'm a jackass and deserve it anyway. But not to my brother!

Also, you don't hit me, okay?! I don't hit you! Don't put your filthy hands on me!

I was gonna tell you to go to hell, but I'm pretty sure we're already there!

Damn it I hate this place. I can't even begin to explain!

[She's at the convenience store looking around for something and humming to herself. It's hot today, but at least inside it's nice and cool! Plus, this place is her natural habitat! You can find just about anything at a convenience store, and learn just about anything too! Somehow though she can't seem to find what she's looking for.

But but! The day really is hot. She wants to prove that she hasn't lost her touch, and knows just what to do on hot days, and make herself incredibly useful! Surely today if she starts out on the right foot, Ioryogi-san will be proud of her. So she needs to try her very best! That's why she's just going to turn on her communicator, gather everyone's attention, and ask a very important question!]

Excuse me! _{I don't mean to bother anyone but...}

Does anyone know where I can get some nice cold Beer-san?

[It's been a few days -- well, a while, not that he was avoiding her exactly -- since Conrad saw her, but even so he had felt it. The exact moment, yesterday, when she was no longer here. Still...]

...Julia?

[A moment of silence, but there's no need for him to let it stretch on. She would never make someone wait. A light sigh as his feeling is confirmed.]

If anyone has been searching for Lady Suzanna Julia von Wincott, she is no longer within this place. My apologies for the interruption.

[And now... he doesn't know what to think.]

[The choice between being fashionably late or just plain early is an easy one to decide. Joshua prefers to be early this time around, slipping into the butterfly pavilion well before the time he and little Jun are supposed to meet up. Why he shows up early is also easy. No sooner does Joshua get inside than he makes himself comfortable. This is one of the few places he likes to stay and rarely has he had the time or patience to actually enjoy it.

So Jun might find a cozy Composer tucked away inside, looking half asleep!]

Help, please! [Jeanne is on the line, panting, and absolutely clueless as to what is happening with her new friend. However, as much as she wants to panic, she has to be as calm as possible.] Saya's collapsed. I don't know what's wrong, she was fine until a moment ago! We are at the track and field right now and...

Anyone, please! I need to bring her to the hospital, but I can't carry her alone. [Mostly to herself.] Are there even any doctors? Do the robots do this sort of stuff? God, I thought this whole sleeping thing was done with...

[he's not really the planning type, but he's got a strict training regimen to keep up. Away from home and his weapons and most of his friends, he's had to innovate a little. Which is why he's currently chilling in a nice sector 4 park with a stack of baseballs, throwing them as hard as he can and waiting patiently while a little trash bot motors after them]

I think you might make an okay outfielder, but you've gotta work on your speed a little! Okay, this one's going low--

[It was something he'd learned when Alle had been here - sleeping beside another person kept his nightmares at bay: or at least sleeping beside another Meister did. Perhaps it had something to do with his need to not be apart from them, to keep what passed for his family close. Either way, it had become a sort of remedy that didn't rely on drugs to deal with the nightmares - and he did not want what happened to Rei to happen to someone else. He still felt badly about that, though he was somewhat bad at expressing it.

He'd gone to bed in his own room the night before. He and Tieria both knew that. But somehow during the night he had migrated into none other than Tieria's bedroom, and was currently lying beside him on the bed atop the covers, in shorts and a tank. He was curled up close to the other, peacefully asleep - looking more innocent than he probably had right to. Nightmare free.

Well, this would be interesting.]

[voice // open]
Did someone submit a written application to join the defense force? That is so cute! I kind of want to frame this.

[video // filtered to the defense force, which includes Hughes]
--And he included pictures of his daughter! Look at how adorable she is. [shows pictures of Elysia off on the video]

So how're we doing, guys? Anything to report?