[The smell of burning food quickly permeates the already stale air within the shelter. Zero is moving as quickly as he can through the hall back toward the kitchen on his floor, his ferret, Chanel, quickly chasing after him. His senses are much stronger than a typical human, allowing him to realize within moments that the food he'd expertly prepared was quickly being destroyed by the very amateur hands he'd left it in.]

[Stepping through the doorway, he beelines to the stove and reaches over the much smaller girl standing in front of the dish he'd prepared. Flipping the heat on the burner into the 'off' position, he gives the brunette a dark look of annoyance before taking the spatula from her hand.]

Step away from the food.

[Seriously, she did this every single time he handed over the reigns of the cooking to her for any amount of time. It didn't matter how simple the instructions, it happened without fail.]

I left you with two instructions. 'Don't touch anything. Just stir the meat every thirty seconds.' I don't know if I can salvage this, Yuuki.

[ooc: Come chat with either Yuuki or Zero and/or both of them.]

[Naoya sighs, looking a little uncomfortable with his knees pulled up to his chest. He looks into the camera and raises an eyebrow. He's been thinking about it again for a while… and he's curious what others think.]

They say blood is thicker than water, but is it too thick to kill? Brothers, sisters… even parents. When is it acceptable to kill those who are these kinds of relations?

[Should someone want to confront him about this directly, Naoya can be found in one of the lounges, sitting on the couch.]

[ You can hear the sound of rustling and rummaging around. Finally, Toph decides to express her displeasure to the network. ]

I don't see why everything had to be cleaned. It was fine just like it was! Now I can't find anything.

[Lavender eyes open slowly, and it doesn't take the person they belong to too long to realize that the current surroundings are unknown; this is certainly not the church Crona had been in last thing zie remembers, and instead zie's outside somewhere unfamiliar] Eh... Where am I? [Crona huddles into a ball, feeling cold, gazing with fright at the sight of the ball and chain on zir ankle before yelping when the communicator on zir head – which zie hadn't noticed until right then – turns on and begins explaining everything]

Is this... a prison? I-I don't know how to deal with that... [Crona stays huddled there for what seems like quite a while before Ragnarok decides to show himself (or maybe it was only then that he was able to, he looks weaker and smaller...) as he appears from Crona's back] Stupid Crona! Stop being lazy and start trying to get us out of here! [The small black and white figure uses his fists to hit the other over the head a few times, jostling zir and causing the video recorder to turn on purposefully, though Crona is oblivious to it] W-What am I supposed t-to do..?

Get someone to tell you how to leave! [Ragnarok looks angry and Crona shrinks away from him, though it's futile since he's a part of zir body. Zie decides to hide zir head in zir arms. Anyone watching through the video feed would probably only currently see a rather odd looking black, with a little bit of white, shape with a blur of pink on top, because Crona is still 'hiding' in what appears to be an alley between two buildings. Ragnarok is behind zir, not visible at the moment] I d-don't like this...

((OOC EDIT: Please take a look at this if you are confused by my now and future use of genderless pronouns!))

[Ashton was at the work desk is his apartment, looking more than a little tired and dis-shelved. He had been up all night working, but that wasn't what he was making this call about.

In front of him lay several parts to what some might recognize used to be the somewhat gaudy orb lighter that he had been wearing around his wrist. The trinket, however, was now disassembled. Several pieces were even scratched, or outright broken. Except for one important piece that he held in his hands. He depressed a switch on the side of the small cylinder several times, but nothing happened.

He was stumped.]

Um, excuse me... does anyone know how a "lighter" works? I can't seem to fix this one. I, um... dropped it.

And stepped on it.

And now I can't get it to work. [With a sigh, he places it down in front of him, looking quite distraught.]

[Slightly hopeful, but with far less enthusiasm than his previous requests.] Also, would anyone need any work done? I've found a few new tools, and some books on charms and talismans and things like that.

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[filtered to Fou-Lu]
[After a moment, he gets his courage together.] Fou-Lu? Sir? I...
...I wanted to thank you.
...I hope you're doing okay.

Dammit! It's hopeless! I could die! This damn thing is ruining all my symmetry! Everything that I am is being ruined by this ball and chain! How could I go on living like this?!

[Um..... he's been keeping the video on in order to monitor everything that goes on around the prison and eventually the asymmetry of the ball and chain got to him. So now, everyone can have the image of Kid sulking in a corner for a while. Torment him?]

[If anybody was watching the video feed they may notice the sideways image of a young boy who looks like he’d just been beaten up appear on the screen. It seems as though the communicator is just laying on the floor, unnoticed by said boy who is wiping blood from his lips and seemingly talking to himself.]

Like hell I’ll let those bastards lay a hand on Maka!

[He opens his eyes, and looks around, a confused and uncharacteristically angry expression on his face.]

What is this place? Is this a part of The Book of Eibon?

[He glares down at the ball and chain that's only on one of his legs.]

This place is repulsive. There’s absolutely no symmetry. It disgusts me!

[He walks out of the camera’s line of vision for a few minutes and when he returns, the video straightens out and he’s reading the welcome message all inmates get when they first arrive.]

A prison, huh?

[And with that, he closes his eyes again and takes a deep breath to calm himself down, thinking of ways he can get out and help his friends.]

I'm sorry it's taken me so long to get everything together, but I have a list possible subjects for the school as well as people who may be interested in teaching them. I made copies and put it up in the common room of the shelter. Please feel free to add to it. Some things may need to be combined into one class like the various sciences. I left extra sheets of paper if you'd like to make additional notes. Or you can just talk to me directly! I put names down to everything they said they might be interested in, but I'm sure they don't really want to have such a heavy class load, so please feel free to add your name anywhere and we can sort things out later.

We are making progress on the location and supplies. [Because Cornelia is working on that!] And I believe Kaoru and Hikaru are working on uniform designs. [She's not entirely sure she got a final answer on that.]

[After a moment] Oh, and Gino, the pictures of me have arrived if you would like to get together.

( Possible subjects and professors )

(OOC: Please be clear whether your tag is WRITTEN or VOICE. There are plenty of colored pens for your written responses and you may write notes to one another! Poke me or respond to this if your character already volunteered to possibly teach a section and I left it out. Skimming may have been involved!)

I...Where is this place? _{[The video feed cuts in to show a lilac haired girl...or is it a boy? It's hard to tell really, the young person in question seems quite androgynous. A light boyish voice cuts in, sounding wary, scared even.]}

It’s...it’s creepy. Why is there a ball chain on my ankle?
...
...
I-I don’t like this...This isn’t Shibusen... _{[The voice sounds even more panicked and the person's face shows it. Crona's completely distressed now, shaking even.]}

I..don’t know how to handle this--

_{[Before the individual can finish their sentence something seems to emerge from the person's back. Meet Ragnarok. He's pissed and an absolute dick.]}

Cronaaaaa! What did you do this time idiot?! Look where you got us stuck!

I-I didn't do anything! I swear!

Yeah right, if you didn't do anything then why are we stuck in this shitty room? I'm hungry Crona!

S...So am I...but it's not my fault we're here--

You think YOU'RE hungry?! I'm starving for souls! You're so cheep Crona! You promised me you'd feed me!

N-No I didn't...Oww-! Don't hit me!

You deserve it! Shut up stupid! C'mon Crona, let's go have some fun, like old times, the good times. Y'know, like at the church? I'm starving! You never let me have any fun!

...But don't we need a church then?

Idiot! You don't need a church to kill!

I guess so...b-but I don't want to kill anyone--Ow! Stop hitting me!

_{[In the fray of Ragnarok beating Crona up, pulling on Crona's hair and ears and punching Crona in the head a few times, the communicator is dislodged and falls to the ground with a thump, shutting off the video feed instantly.]}