...Anyone up for a game?

[ooc: last letter word game /o/]

[The video feed comes on to show a scowling Karkat. He has various bandaids plastered over his face and neck, though some of them appear to be peeling off.

Just off the feed, there’s the sound of sneezing, coughing, and swearing between the phlegm clogged breaths. Karkat closes his eyes at a particularly angry coughing fit. When he opens them again, he focuses on the feed and scowls.]

Can you humans keep your fucking hideous germs to yourselves? I am fucking bathing in snot thanks to you shitfigurines.

[Another sneeze from the background, and Karkat growls.]

See? I fucking swear, if you infect anyone the fuck else, I will unleash the motherfucking trollocalypse. Your weeping and crying shall be my swan song of joy. I will smear the ooze you have caused all over you, and I’ll -

[Another coughing fit. Karkat breaks off, putting his palm over the feed.]

You fucking disgust me, Pyrope!

[It doesn’t muffle the undercurrent of worry that shows through his anger, of course. His fingers scrabble at the comm and he cuts the feed, but not before bumping into something and swearing loudly.]

Mage. [ pauuse ] Fai. I want to talk to you.




((ooc: I know he is looking for Fai but anyone is welcome to bother him.))

Ever since yesterday I've felt the most disgusting thing across my skin. Like little insects crawling inside it.

[Mostly because of that conversation he overheard Johnny and Yuuri having.]

I think for the first time in my life and after I'm going to actually be sick.

Hmm...yesterday was Christmas, then we have New Years. So Valentine's Day will be in a week, perhaps? I heard about the celebrations last year, I'm so disappointed that I missed them.

[Love auctions are right up his alley.]

But with it coming up again so soon, it's best to keep it in mind, no? So tell me, what do you think "romance" is? What sort of romantic gestures mean the most to you?

Well, well. A prison and facilities for all of my egregious crimes.

How sweet. [have a wry chuckle; he's a man of few words]

So tell me, criminal citizens, if you can. Has no one ever left alive?

[Daytime is not his time. Lind much prefers the night to anything else. But lately it's been cold both times of day, and Lind hates cold more than he hates being awake during the day.

So he's decided to come out of hiding today, mostly because he was growing bored. The eldest shark is wandering the dome, not really staying too much in one place but staying near to the shelter, coffee in hand. Coffee is amazing. He's not surprised Agito likes it so much. Wonderful stuff.

But he's still bored. A bored Lind is never a good thing.

Someone entertain him]

[Naoya is in the park this afternoon, trying to decide if he wants to go to the ball or not. He's not sure yet... but in the meantime, the snow is still fairly fresh on the ground.]

[And that means snow sculptures.]

[So if you're wandering in the park today, you might find Naoya making various small sculptures. There's a row of ducks and a small dog there already.]

[And before you ask, there is not a Jack Frost, nor will there ever be one.]

I just realized something...[thoughtful pause from a girl that's been missing for quite a while...but she doesn't know that!] If it's this cold again already..?, that means I missed my birthday! I've never missed one before, and I certainly won't start now.

I'll have a cake with lots of candles~ And lots of presents~ And, oh! I can't forget the guests. What's a party without people to play with?~ [by this point she's swinging her legs around, her voice sing-song] I'll invite Mama and Naoya and Gin and Joshua and Xion and Ciel, Sebastian too naturally~, and Euphie and Akito...Jade, Conrad, Yuuri, Lelouch, Maya, Orihime, Yuuki, Sakamoto....

Exorcists too of course! Actually, Allen only - the rest of you Exorcists aren't wanted~ [♥]

[ooc: oh hey it's the df's most popular criminal w-will be laggy....action's open for Wisely and Tyki and whoever's still at home!]

[Getting up this morning had been exceptionally difficult. Sleep is the best medicine for just about anything. It's like winter weather and Joshua really, really dislikes the feeling of it. Shibuya doesn't get like that... Ever. So it's a challenge to get out of bed, let alone his little chosen home and make to the shelter.

He doesn't really want to see people. But he's hungry. Joshua likes to eat. Joshua likes to eat plenty.

Listening to the comings and going of people had been getting tiring. And by the time he has a nice cup of coffee and some cereal, he has his own video feed on. It doesn't matter to him, really. He'll just sit here in the kitchen and eat his breakfast, sitting on one of the counter tops. Joshua is also sitting in front of some appliances, choosing to be a little difficult to anyone who is attempting to make their own tasty food stuffs. Even with the camera on and the video feed going, his expression is rather apathetic, borderline annoyed.]

It's another one of those days, is it?

[Yawns. Bored bored bored.]

Here's a quick question to all those who have been here for a while:

How many are actually staying in the shelter anymore? I don't really see much of a point to now, do you? It's not like there's a function like before the remodel, now is there?

[So he's been cooped up for a little too long. Joshua knows this and in his heart he realizes that he's receding back to what he had been like before arriving here. While he doesn't wish for that to happen, he cannot really find any reason to be motivated to even leaving his little place in Sector Five, save for the rare instance here and there.

Right now is one of those times. Joshua has made his way to the arcade, one of his key spots before so many people started to show up. He meanders around each and every game, drawing his fingers across the surface. It's been a while since he's been here. Joshua giggles. It's almost nostalgic at this point. Ah well...

He settles on one of those old shooting gallery games, picking up the plastic fake fun and tapping his fingernails on it. Might as well give it a go, right?

The best part? He never misses his target.]

[Alois opens his eyes, a grumpy expression abruptly taking over his features as he sits up. He aches! What the heck happened?! And secondly, where is this place? And where is Claude? ]

Ugh, what... Claude! .. Claude?!

[ He looks around, thoroughly confused as to where he is for a moment, before noticing a strange contraption over his eye. He stares at the words uncomprehendingly for a moment before making a face. The hell? What the heck is this? He shifts around, only to notice a ball and chain weighing his foot down. ]

...

[His eye twitches slightly, before he begins squinting somewhat, realizing there seems to be words on this contraption... over his eye... Huh.]

Ooh, what's this?~~~ Hm..

[He fumbles with it, successfully turning it on. Alois seems to be quite excited now. ]

Oiii! Claude! Are you there? .. Or maybe...

[He stops for a moment, his eyes widening.]

Aaaah~! Cieeeeel?! Are you here~? This seems like just the place you'd be~

[Yes, yes, he somehow came up with that conclusion. He pauses for a moment, before frowning. He still wants to know where Claude is. Where the heck did you nutcases put his butler? ]

[ The screen is greeted by an annoyed face. It's very annoyed. It's extremely annoyed. It's the face of a man exhausted and simultaneously struck with a great indignity indeed. ]

Whoever messed around with both my lunch and my room is in for it. Isn't the 'warden' supposed to keep it's precious inmates in relatively good health?

[ His scowl deepens, and his eyes narrow in mingled weariness and pain. ]

Where's the nearest first-aid station? I don't need a migraine on top of all this.

Uh, hey everyone. I just thought I should give an update on Conrad. He's still the same. No monsters got into his room yesterday, so that was good! [Might be forcing the cheer a little there.]

Even though he's not awake, I'm sure he'd like the company [and so would Yuuri, because an ex-fiance who seems to hate you and an unconscious guy don't make for the most uplifting conversations] so feel free to visit. We're at the hospital.

Yuuki, Zero, Akito, Suzaku, Midori, Orihime, everyone...are you okay? [He's had a rough few days, so he's sorry if he left out any names! And Josh already made it clear he was okay.]

Mm, oh, and happy Halloween!

[Naoya's wandering around in the graveyard before class, dressed in a costume (without the toy gun and cigar). He looks mildly amused, at least.]

It's that time of year, according to this place's time? Interesting.

[He stops and sits down amongst the graves, looking rather comfortable.]

Here's a question, my fellow inmates. What does 'death' mean to you? Aside from the purely biological definition.

[Heh. A fitting question, at least in his mind, for this time of year. Happy birthday, indeed.]

[Are you awake Marina? Anyone watching? Probably shouldn't because the first thing that appears on the screen is a red Halloween mask. Joshua's already been to the shops it seems. He's silent, for the most part then peels the mask back to have it rest on his head. After he peels back the wrapper on a candied apple and pops it into his mouth.]

Did you think I was going to jump out and say 'boo?'

[Giggles a little at that, but it hardly reaches his eyes. Nope. In fact he just leans forward on the table he's seated at, stretching his arms out. Honestly he's pouting just a bit, pulling the candy pop out of his mouth and looking at it.]

I might pass on this one too. Wonder what I should do in my free time.

Suggestions?

[And with that he pops it back into his mouth and kills the feed.]

[Guess who is back. In the dark and a little confused and woosy. He's also outside with all the monsters! Just doesn't quite realize it yet. What a great time to come back.]

Aidou-senpai?

[Immediately he searched out the familiar vampires in the vicinity, there shouldn't be this many. Hanabusa should be nearby, but wasn't. There was a large number of vampires that he didn't recognize, more than should be within the Hunter Association grounds. Immediately he thought that the association was under attack to retrieve the detained noble. He recognized one aura. Of course she'd come back for him.]

[Though, some of the aura seemed familiar outside of her. It took a few moments to place them. Kamui. Spike. Where am...?]

[That's about as far as he got before there was a large screech behind him and a burning sensation ripped into his back. Reacting instantly, he turned and drew his weapon, firing two clean shots through the raptor. Attempting to ignore the sharp pain and the scent of his own blood, Zero drew out his communicator. Though his head pounded and he felt a little confused about what was going on, he knew where he was. Turning on the voice function of the device, Zero asked a single question.]

Seems I dropped in at an inconvenient time, Marina. Someone care to fill me in on what exactly we are experiencing now?

Don't worry, everyone. I'm sure the brave men and women of our Defense Force will keep everyone protected in this uncertain time.

Make sure to bother them with all your insignificant frets.

[Charley is sitting at a table in the library surrounded by tall stacks of books on every religion he could find. He's currently flipping through one of the books and every once in awhile he pauses to write some notes in his notebook.

He hadn't been sleeping much lately and it showed. His hair is messy from him running his hand through it and his eyes are heavy from exhaustion with clear rings starting to appear around them. His originally crisp, white shirt is now wrinkled with the top few buttons undone and the sleeves rolled up to his elbow.

He's dangerously close to falling asleep but just barely manages to stay awake. He wanted to be able to properly teach his class and that meant learning all the details of all the religions he could think of. The only problem is there are a great amount of religions. His stomach lets out a low growl and he can feel a familiar ache in his fangs. It had been awhile since his last feeding.]

That was a rather harsh little morning announcement. No better way to start they day than to have your warden whine itself.~

So what would be a good term to use to describe the situation...

[Giggles.]

Well I suppose you all brought it upon yourselves, hmmm?

Honestly my impression of the general populace has decreased. So much for believing in you.~