[Video - Forever filtered from Yuuki and Zero.]

I'm having my picnic now, if anyone wants to join me! [The man on the screen is laying down a blanket along with a huge picnic basket. There's obviously a lot of food inside for anyone who just so happens to come alone. He also has a few gigantic photo albums laying down, just ready for the viewing.] I have photoalbums and snacks! So please come!

[The man on the camera is ridiculously happy looking. How can you not come down to the Dolphin Observation Deck and join him?]

[[OOC: If you're one of those special people who are filtered from this broadcast, you have all the permission to just chance upon this and ruin Kaien's fun. ♥]]

[Hello, Marina! Allen was tired and distracted and sad last night, and he vacated the hospital and accidentally left Tim behind. Timcanpy doesn't want to stay in a hospital without Allen! Lavi is okay but he's gone too, and that just leaves Jun and Kanda, and Tim doesn't even like them! So here's a little gold golem fluttering through the dome at about waist-height. He keeps pausing, looking around, seeming confused.

[Have you seen his boy?]


((ooc: you can encounter Timcanpy anywhere. all cats love to chase Timcanpy, and you can do pretty much whatever you like to him, because he will just regenerate. have fun))

[ Filtered from: Diva, men ]
[ Jeanne opens up with a big pout. ] Ladies, I have some sad news. It looks like Acumen thinks that having a dedicated spa facility is "redundant". [ Further dejected, now. ] I'm sorry, I tried my best.

[ Brightening up a bit. ] But! I think the event was a huge success, and I think it's a great relaxing and bonding experience. You can count on there being more nights like that! Please let me know if there's anything you want special for next time. Maybe we could have a theme, or even some music? Just let me know!

[ Open ]
[ Now she's waving to the camera. She looks a tad more nervous, but that's just because this is serious business... sort of. ]

Good morning, everyone! I hope you're all having a good day so far.

I have a question... I know the school has some language courses -- and I think those are a neat idea, don't get me wrong -- but does anyone else think a course on sign language would be kind of neat? [ Holding up some video discs. ] I found a bunch of these in the education center, and I was thinking it might be good to have some basic knowledge of that sort so that those of us who don't speak different languages can still kind of understand one another. You know, in case we lose or break our headsets, or something.

What do you all think?

How curious...hello?

[Alice has taken her communicator off and accidentally turned it on in her investigation. Faces and voices keep coming out of it, but none she recognizes.]

Well, this certainly isn't the Ascot estate.

[Despite all the chaos of the day, Maya made her way to the Pet Café earlier and finally decided on a shibu inu puppy who looks a lot like a certain police dog (in training) she remembered from back home. After signing her contract, she's made her way to the park with her new companion, where the two met up with Pearl.

Maya's turned on her communicator onto video and is playing fetch with the puppy along with Pearl in the park for a bit before she addresses the camera.]

See my new puppy!? Her name is Missile Mk-II!

[Missile barks at that, wagging her tail playfully.]

[Fetch continues for a bit until something strange happens. The dog's coat slowly fades from a natural red to a purple tinge and then suddenly outright purple.

Maya stares at the puppy as Missile MK-II deposits the ball at her feet, wagging her tail and panting, as if nothing was wrong.]

M-Missile? W-What's wrong!?

[Maya turns back to the camera.]

H-Has anyone had a puppy suddenly turn purple?

[Missile cocks her head and adds:] Ditto Ditto...?


((OOC: Yes, Maya's somehow adopted a Ditto.

But it's not very skilled at copying...))

[The beach has been taken over by festivities! Amongst the plethora of buckets and shovels for the sandcastle competition, the snorkeling gear, and the beach volleyball setup, Cain and Jennifer have worked hard to get everything set up and ready to go in time for the guests to arrive.]

[Fortunately, the food was acquired earlier in the day, and so there is plenty to eat--burgers, bratwurst, fish, grilled vegetables, and an unfamiliar but tasty-looking steak that, if questioned, Cain will cheerfully explain is from grox, a "domesticated" giant lizard from his time.]

[But there are also snacks like chips and pretzels, along with a small variety of sides like potato salad and bread. Further down the table are the cold (non-alcoholic) drinks, complete with ice, and a few desserts. They are all set to go on a buffet-style table not too far from the grill, dutifully replenished by Jennifer.]


((OOC: Event-style post! Threadjack as you please. Party crashers may or may not be tolerated depending on how much Saya gets to eat before their arrival.))

Latios, this isn't funny anymore!

[A certain red-and-white dragon is zooming around everywhere. She is doing so at very fast speed. Apologies for anything light that might be blown about by her passing]

Where are you hiding?

[She will find you big brother :l And then you will be scolded! But first, finding]


((Latios is gone, so she won't actually be finding him. Someone help a poor dragon?))

Good afternoon. Ah, I do hope I'm not interrupting anyone's luncheon.

[ a polite pause, as if to give you time to finish chewing, daub your mouth with a napkin, or otherwise prepare to be interrupted. then, so mild it almost doesn't sound careful or calculated: ]

I have a question, you see; merely an item of curiosity, and of course answering is completely optional. [ ♥ ] What would each of you call your... station in life? Class, occupation -- title, if any? Nationality? Species? Sex? Gender? And so on.

...I'll start, shall I? My name is Jade Curtiss, my class is baron, my occupation is military in nature, my title is colonel, and I hail from the Malkuth Empire. Human, male, and masculine.

[ cheerfully ] And I do apologize to the prison's more senior inmates for the almost certain redundancy.

[ there's a sudden cacophony of noise in his ear, voices talking over and around each other; it is like listening in on the Druids and yet...not. There are words, too, hovering before his eyes, forcing him to blink and focus on the message. ]

What? [ he chokes out (unknowingly over the network), reaching up to grab at the message that has suddenly turned his blood to ice and made the fine hairs prickle on his neck. A slight tug at his ear and the message falls away, along with the chatter, and he's holding a very strangle little object in his hand. What if someone else saw, what if... ]

I...uh, don't think we're in Camelot any more, Arthur. [ turns as casually as he can to look at Arthur...aaand then keeps turning, searching the vacant area behind him for a sign of the overbearing Prince, who'd been right there just moments ago... There is no one else around, though, just a basket of strange goods sitting on the ground near his feet, and what looks like a heavy metal ball attached to a shackle about his ankle. If this was imprisonment, it was like nothing he'd ever heard of in Camelot, let alone the rest of Albion. Had he messed up a spell and sent himself further? The view is certainly quite unlike anything he has ever seen before. Buildings and streets, surely too smoothly perfect to be made by anything other than magic, and a sky that curves rather alarmingly overhead. ]

[ he's not yet panicking...not really, and calls out, more confidently than he feels: ] Hello? Is there anyone else here? [ looks down at the strange thing gripped in his hand, frowning. Was it really some sort of strange new magic? A...dream? ]


[ OOC: Communicator is not being worn (though it's probably still turned on), so he can understand you only if you speak English. Someone come and help the poor medieval guy learn about technology! ]

[The video flicks on to show a lion, looking extremely angry. He had listened very well to the welcome message, and was, to say the least - not pleased with what he heard. His words aren't really directed at anyone - he's almost muttering to himself, hoping someone would hear and oblige.]

What is this?-- Where am I? I need to-- I need to go, if this really is a prison. I can’t stay here. There are things I need to do, there are things I have to do...

So, [his face falls from anger to pure sadness.] please. Let me leave.

[Evening is quickly approaching in Marina. The artificial sun is slipping away and the shelter has been outfitted with lots of snack foods for lovers of sweet and salty alike, board and card games, movies from the families of guilty pleasures as well as the spooky, pillows, blankets, and even some sleeping bags. They were not easy to find!

This can only mean one thing. It must be time for....

A SLUMBER PARTY!

And, yes, as requested a few doors to unoccupied rooms have been marked private.]


((OOC: I have notifs turned off of this post, so spam and threadjack to your heart's content. Treat it like any event post (example: the fire celebration). If you want to play with Yuuri directly, you'll just need to tag his thread. Also, there are not actually going to be any monsters or fog this evening.

If you are planning to be a bystander at the Xellos fight, you probably shouldn't tag here unless you note that it's later (and you might want to actually wait and see how that goes and then actually tag here late too in case you have injuries.) There will be time overlapping.))

[The bonfire going in Sector 6 is guarded by sentinels, but the area is decorated with orange and blue tents and laid out with good food, many of it toasted or hot. The flames are enchanted and cool, and they get extinguished if they're taken outside the boundaries of the little camp, but there is actually have a rich, spicy alcoholic beverage being served there, so try to have fun with that instead. (No, it will not make you breathe fire.)

[The bleachers and benches here offer the best view of the fireworks just starting to go off as the sky darkens...]


((posted slightly early, but hey, starting Friday we're going to have monsters, SO, if you don't plan to play with the monsters -- or if you do -- have some fun here! post a comment, and then comment amongst yourselves~))

I'd like to pose a question to the rest of the prison: who here has the ability to heal injuries? I know of some-- King Yuuri, Princess Zelda, Ryu and Rukia-- but I'm certain there are a few I'm not aware of, and there are recent arrivals to consider as well.

Before anyone grows worried, there's no emergency; this is just a consensus of sorts that will be helpful to have. [Her professional, plain tone backing this up]

[Action // Location: Graveyard, before nightfall]

[After she was done with the network, Tear headed straight to the graveyard. It had taken a shameful length of time for her to go there, even the excuse that she hadn't been able to find in herself to sing was an incredibly weak one she couldn't even tell herself. Once the tombstone inscribed with the boy's name was found, the girl stopped in front of it; a moment of silence before solemn notes began to ring out across the grounds.

It wouldn't bring him back, it might not even let him rest, but-- it was the only thing personal she could do for him]


[[occ: She'll be going through a few; the hymns have absolutely no effect coming from them right now unlike the mass heal, but her volume is about the same for those interested in discovering/ hearing her. Replies WILL be slow, I apologize uguuuu]]

[WALL-E is parked in the middle of Sector 4 with his solar panels out. Puttering around and rearranging his collection made him lose track of how low his batteries were getting until the last second, so he's CHARGING HIS LAZER recharging!]

[Look up in the sky! It's a bird, it's a plane--no, it's very obviously Fou-Lu in his hybrid form, having imbibed several cups of tea. Barrel rolls, spins, skimming along the ground and the walls of buildings... really, he can't recall a time he ever enjoyed the exhilaration of flight. Despite the day starting with a big embarrassing episode, he feels better than he has in centuries. Avoiding their tiny beautiful world just doesn't seem right, not when he can't even get this huge toothy smile off his face.]

[Whenever he spots someone passing below, he dips down to greet them. No harm in saying hello, after all!]

[Once Komuvitamin E has worn off, he will hate this day so. Much.]

[Lyle is out and about with Frederick. The Haro is determined to explore Marina so he is stuck following the Haro around. Today he had ended up near the park, Lyle just following the green Haro. Frederick paused a moment, looking around before flapping its arm flaps and heading off somewhere else.]

Where are you going?

Exploring! Exploring!

[Lyle just chuckled and shook his head, still following the Haro.]

( He's gone. )


[Winry made her way down to the kitchen, having promised to make Al one of Gracia Hughes'-style apple pies today. However, first, she stopped to make a bit to eat before she worked on the pie. It wasn't not a big breakfast. Just a couple muffins and a couple cups of tea.

As she started work on her pie, her worries just dissolved away. Really, she's feeling better than she has since that homunculus showed up, now. It's like he doesn't even matter anymore. Somehow ever since breakfast she's just been feeling great.

...And why should she make just one pie? Over the morning hours, she counted out some more baking apples, cut them up, rolled out the crusts...]

[Now she's up to her sixth hot pie pulled out of the oven. It's way more than she intended (they're really big pies after all), but why not share them? She opens a Video channel with her communicator.]

[Due to the tea's effect her words might come by you a little fast....] Hi everyone, I've baked a lot of apples pies they're all here in the kitchen and they're made from this amazing recipe that Ms. Gracia Hughes gave me and she's really such an amazing woman and mother and a great cook too so I think you'll all love this but don't take too much or else someone might be unable to try it but I guess I can always make more later but I've got a great idea that I need to test out right now! Enjoy!

((OOC: She's had a pretty heavy dose of Komuvitamin E. Beware of sparkles.))

[Step inside from the drizzle into the arcade and you'll be greeted by a bit more decorations than usual, and perhaps a bit more noise than the usual bloops, bleeps, and music. Streamers are hanging from the walls and ceiling, mostly in a deep violet colour, and occasional crudely-cut Steel Samurai decorations made out of construction paper (though it may take a little imagination to see them).

All the usual arcade favourites are there, ready to play, like Alley Fighter, Outzoom, Berserk Monsters, Apartment of the Unliving, Chomp-Man, Meteors, Ordeal, and so on. Not to mention older-style games like skeeball, bowling, whack-a-mole, and so on.

Towards the middle of the arcade, a number of tables have been pulled together with various food offerings, particularly snacky foods like chips, Samurai hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, and so on but no ramen sadly. The bots even mixed up a bowl of red punch which sits prominent on the chain of tables.

At the end, of course, is a big sheet cake divided into a few basic flavour quadrants (chocolate, vanilla, lemon, strawberry), frosted with "Happy Birthday!" written on the top, ready to be cut.]

((OOC: Everyone is welcome! Maya will be all over the place, so feel free to make threads finding her in different areas of the arcade! And definitely feel free to party with each other! Threadjack away!))

[Curious Latias has managed to find her way into the kitchen. The smells coming from this place had been wonderful and she wanted to know what was going on!

So the little red dragon was busy hovering around the 'bots and peering into everything. She was also likely to peer into anything anyone else came in here to do. Though someone should distract her before the 'bots started getting annoyed.

All this food was making her hungry...]

[in a super good mood, all the sick people are getting better, things are looking up~ so here, have a pretty panoramic view of high up on a building, and then Roxas swings the camera around to look squarely at it]

So, hey, what kind of foods do you all like? I can't eat sea-salt ice cream every meal, and I just heard there's other flavors of pizza.

What's your favorite? Pizza, or -- favorite food in general. Or... I don't know. If you just woke up, maybe do you have a craving for something?