[Aidou already has the main dish of beef stroganoff ready while he finishes preparing the glaze for the cinnamon-spiced honey rolls that will be dessert. They shouldn't take too long to cook in the oven, and the garlic bread has already been set to cool on the stove. If he's going to be paying Charley back for finding Akatsuki, he's going to do it right.

When will he get there?]

{OOC: This is open to anyone who lives in the Kuran House, Charley Chrishunds, and Johnny Rayflo who is kind of crashing the party. If you're character has been invited by another character to dinner tonight, let me know! If you want, just reply to the main post that you show up for dinner and proceed to talk to anyone and threadjack as you like! Kind of like an event post.}

[It's a poetry reading session with Envy! Obviously the words are read off rather dramatically before any commentary is brought up!]

"I died so many years ago. You can make me feel Like it isn't so. And why you come to be with me. I think I finally know."

Isn't that just touching? Who knew that someone could be such a sap on the inside.

[The sound of a page flipping and then Envy cackling.]

"My heart expands, 'tis grown a bulge in it. Inspired by your beauty... Effulgent."

Seriously? Who could even write this crap? Sounds like someone in love. Augh. Love... It's so sickening.

[Flipping a few more pages~]

"With nothing but my heart at stake, I ferry forth without a break. To seek my love most undeserved -"

[Forget it. Envy's lost in a fit of laughter.]

Someone needs a life! Ha ha ha ha ha! There's a more, if anyone cares.~

[The video clicks on and you see Charley standing in what appears to be a kitchen, with a table behind him covered in plastic bags from the convenience store. He clears his voice.]

I went shopping in Sector Five today and while I was there I came across a cat.

[He bends down and disappears from sight for a moment before reappearing with a cat cradled in his arms.]

He has a collar so I assume he isn't a stray. However it doesn't have his name on it, only a very distinct cross.

[He carries the multicolored stripped cat closer to the screen so he could show the collar clearer.]

Does the owner wish to claim him or perhaps someone who knows the owner?

[For those who have currently decided to view the video feed, the image in front of you is slightly muddled with static for a moment, but then the figure slowly materializes on the screen. It’s a strikingly beautiful man, one that many of you might be familiar with. He’s holding his hand to his neck, a bit of blood showing between his fingers as his eyes dilate slightly. His skin is paler and his eyes are filled with the sort of despair that takes years to matriculate. A sadness that lingers indefinitely in one’s conscience, slowly crippling the mind until the heart becomes almost completely barren.

And then he looks up, blinking at his surroundings before some measure of recognition evolves in his expression. His head falls back, the hand pressed against his neck wilting as it does, to show that the wound has been healed. His eyes flutter closed and his lips twitch open to reveal uneven breathing. His head hurts, he feels nauseous, and he can barely form an articulate thought, but he knows where he is. Kaname’s pale lips slowly drift into the barest of smiles.]

I guess this means… I've returned.

Good morning, inmates. It is the 64th day of the third generation.

Beginning today the average daily temperature will be raised to adjust to a more summer atmosphere. Those of you with a colder wardrobe may want to consider seeking lighter attire for the coming weeks.

Requests for the following inmates are waiting at the entrance to Sector 0: Kitty Pryde the younger, Rei Ayanami, and Lady Elizabeth Middleford. For those parties who are interested, the punishment for inmates Tyki Mikk and Kitty Pryde the elder is over today. Please see a remote unit for assistance removing the collars.

[Anyone out in the rain near Sector 5 will see a young girl with an annoyed expression on her face. So very unamused. Feels like she's been sleeping for a long time...that and did she really have to wake up outside with all this rain? Flatly-]

My dress is wet.

[lmao my fail Grumpy Noah girl with a raging headache is a go]

[There's a blond currently searching all throughout the prison, trying to find his missing kitten. Aidou knows Akatsuki couldn't have disappeared, but being so small, it could take a while to find him.]

Has anyone seen a small orange, gray, and black-striped kitten? He's been missing for approximately three days.

His name is Akatsuki.

{OOC: Akatsuki will be found later on in the in-game day, so please no "I found your cat" responses unless you've got permission? Feel free to run into Aidou while he searches!}

[ She tries to hide the worry behind exasperation, but it doesn't quite work. She hasn't seen Minako since yesterday and...maybe she really had disappeared...it seemed like a common occurrence here. ]

If you're still here Minako-chan - then please answer.


ooc: action = everywhere

[His memories of the day he lost control were vague in some ways and startling clear in others. He remember the face of each person he came across, but not always their voices.

He remembered the taste of Minako's blood.

The look on Lenalee's face when she stared him in the eyes.

If it hadn't been for Zero...]

[Private to Lenalee and Minako]

Lenalee...? Minako?

{OOC: Look here and here for information. Aidou will be pouring his heart out in private.}

Sorry for all the trouble I caused the past couple of days. I guess it goes without saying that I'm doing a lot better. I got let out yesterday. You can't even tell I was sick! A lot of us have Allen to thank for that, though I guess I'm not fully sure yet on who else caught 'The Stars'. [She laughs, rubbing the back of her neck and downplaying the seriousness of what it was she had come down with. Actually, she sounds pretty upbeat and happy, all things considered.]

So anyway, thanks a lot Allen. I owe you a large meal or something. [Aha~! She knows that you love food. Maybe even more than her, if it's possible. She sounds confident saying that but if it's her cooking you should probably be leery. Anyone remember those green chocolates for Yuuri?] Also Yuuri, Kamui, everyone else, and Zero [Hopefully his name doesn't come out too awkwardly... She's still feeling a bit unsettled about that. But.] thank you. You all helped me out a lot, including everyone else at the hospital. [She takes a breath]

Anyway... Aidou-senpai! [Bright, chipper, and slightly bossy?] You're feeling better too now, right? You better wake up if you're not already up, because being asleep for the announcement won't excuse you! [Only half joking. Because she'll stop by as promised whether he responds or not.] I'm coming to visit, and I have two individuals with me I'd like to introduce you to. So you'd better be ready! We'll come visit shortly. Mm... [Muffled noises a moment, as though it sounds like she's searching for something] I have your 'get better' present in here somewhere too. [Nevermind that it's after the fact...] _{I hope it didn't get squished...} [If that happened...well. Oh well. Food was food, whether smashed together or not, and the other thing could probably be fixed. Maybe. Anyway more importantly.] We'll come pick you up.

[And. Oh...oh right...]

( Filtered to Zero )

[When Aidou opens his eyes, he is very confused. It's so bright in here...

This isn't his room... How...had he ended up here?

The other thing he notices is that he is hungry.

No. He...He doesn't want that to happen again. He's so tired, he can barely move, but that thirst...it's clawing at him. He doesn't know what he could do. Like...before. Before? How long...has he been asleep?

Kiryuu said...he would keep him locked up...didn't he? He wouldn't...hurt anyone. So he just...has to...contact...]

[Voice]

Kiryuu... [his voice is raspy, soft] Where...?

{OOC: The door is open, so Aidou can still speak to people, but the shield keeps Aidou from leaving and vampires--except Zero--from entering.}

[They were all gone again.

Akatsuki doesn't like it when he's left by himself this way. Aidou had been acting strangely for days and then left and came back asleep. And he wouldn't wake up no matter how much Akatsuki called him.

And then Yuuki wouldn't get up either and the one who had smelled like they and Kamui did came back and took her and Aidou away. He hadn't wanted them to. At least if they were sleeping and here Akatsuki could see them.

So Akatsuki once again frees himself through the open kitchen window--silly humans, why do they leave it open so often?--and begins to wander around. If no one is going to come home to be with him then he may as well try to find them...again.

It worked last time.]

{OOC: Forgive the fact the kitties in the icons are not exactly alike. I tried!}

( Warning: Vampires do bite. )

{OOC: Yeah so...Aidou's starting to be controlled by his instincts, which are telling him that something is wrong with him and he needs to do something to save himself. For a vampire...that means he's wanting blood. Fair warning to anyone who doesn't want the possibility of their character being bitten.

ETA: Okay, so logically, Aidou won't be attacking dozens of people because Zero would stop him. So no more new characters being thrown in here unless you've asked for permission from me. Thanks!}

[Not happy after hearing about Yuuri's troubles feeling welcome in Yuuki's home, Conrad's going right to the source.]

[Private to Aidou]

Aidou? If you have a few moments, I'd like to speak with you.

( Always pay attention to what you're doing in the kitchen )

[Voice]

Komui... How is Anita? [There is the soft sounding of clicking and clacking as if something is striking a wooden board in the background.]

Akatsuki wants to visit with--[suddenly there's a clack and then a metallic clang like something hitting the ground and clattering to stillness and then a soft, somewhat distant]--Damn it.

{OOC: Aidou is at home, so action is only open to people who would be there, or if your character would have a reason for wandering by and a strong enough sense of smell to notice Aidou just cut open his hand.}

[Hello Marina. Instead of Sakura's cheerful loli voice, there will be an incredibly loud crash coming through your headsets instead.]

H-hoe!!

[And the sound of someone kneeling down to somehow recover the mess...]  Oh no...oh no....

Ouch!

[ooc: Sakura's broken a dish at the Uchiha household and has accidentally knocked her headset on. 8| She's been so tired all day, but adamant on not showing it and now it's backfiring on her. Closed action to Sasuke and Itachi if they want~]

[ He doesn't live by himself anymore, but he doesn't really care. The kitten is clearly scared by the furniture crashing and breaking, but he doesn't really care about that, either. What he'd said to that idiot still held true; there was no escaping, and he'd never find Subaru, even if he did. Not unless... he made another pact with the Witch. An additional, infuriating thought on top of everything else. He is impotent, unable to protect the person closest to him -- possibly from himself, if that idiot was right.

So... all he can do it break things. ]

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!)

[the communicator is flicked on. The voice coming out on the end is rather excited for a newly arrived prisoner.]

1.609 kilometers-! That's amazing, there isn't any kind of deep-sea technology back home that can recreate a city beneath the water's surface. And by that I'm sure that I'm not on Earth anymore – this must be an another planet, or an entirely different dimension altogether...what's this?

[She pauses as she fiddles with the communicator, switching it to the video function easily.]

Oh, so it really is a communicator... Hello! My name is Ami Mizuno. Is anyone else there?

( 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.}