[Anyone who looks up today will see Sakura flying all over the dome. She saw the empty room this morning (just like yesterday) and maybe it was the neatly made bed, the absence of shoes and clothes, the fact that it seemed like her brother was never there that made her run outside and pull out Fly Card.]

[He can't be gone. Not like that! Why would Acumen do that to her- He can't be gone.]

[Her breath is coming up in short gasps, but she forces herself to keep on flying. If she looks hard enough she'll find him. She would, she definitely would.]

[ooc: feel free to catch Sakura everywhere!]

[The day was nice enough, but Luffy couldn't find a way out of the crazy prison city without food. He walked everywhere he could, but by that afternoon he had already found out that the only cool things around him were the robots--and those guys tasered him too much on his first day for him to enjoy gawking at them anymore.] Man, I'm hungry...

[Stomach rumbling--he raised his head to stare vacantly at a sign down the street. He was in Sector 5--though, he remembered being in another Sector the last time he thought about it. Hunger did crazy things to his mind, but that smell did even more things to it. Rearing his right arm back, Luffy prepared himself for a hard punch to the open air.]

GOMU GOMU NOOOOO--

[Sector 5 rang out with the sound of a limb stretching at high speed as Luffy thrust his arm down a city block to grab the door frame of the pizzeria. Luffy's voice rang out immediately and without hesitation, he speared toward the doorway while calling out his 'attack'.]

ROCKET!

[Pity unto those unfortunate enough to be in the way of the high speed rubber projectile.]

[Ryu sits up in bed, holding his head. He feels like he's going to throw up, which is… unusual. He leans against the wall with a 'thunk'.]

( Canon update ahoy. )

[And now he was back, but he'd never left. He reaches for his communicator and turns it on.]

[Voice]

Has anyone else… remembered things from back home? Like, you were there, but you couldn't have been there because you were here?

( Early morning//Private )

[Video, about 7 AM]

[Ryu flicks on the video, looking as if he hasn't slept well. At least he's managed to wipe his face by the time he broadcasts.]

Fou-Lu's gone, if anyone's looking for him.

[Defense Force filter]

Can someone cover my shift this morning? I… I'm not feeling up to it.

[/Filter]

[Action]

[Ryu's wandering around this morning, mostly in sectors 2 and 4. He's headed for the Butterfly Pavilion and the Pet Cafe.]

Yes, but the world
Is always so beautiful
It seems so strange that you alone aren't here…

[[ooc; Feel free to tag either of the public parts (or the filtered part if applicable). Ryu's humming a bit of this song.]]

[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.]

[At some point in the morning, there is a knock at Mami's front door.]

[Waiting there is a lone god-emperor, both more stoic and less talkative than usual. The very last thing he wants to do is wax sentimental or be pitied, but Mami needs company and he needs company, so...]

[Here he is.]

[Toothless pops up excitedly in front of the screen.] Watch this, watch this!

[He bounds over to where he's rolled some snow up to make a snowperson. Of course, it looks very sloppy and tilted so much it like it's about to fall over any second because he doesn't really have the best hands for rolling a ball of snow around to make a proper one, let alone stack them straight.

Toothless backs up a little bit, opens his mouth, and lets out a blast off blue fire. Melted snow goes flying and splatters everywhere, the snowperson completely destroyed. Toothless bounds around in a circle with the equivalent of a dragon laughing.] This is fun!

[And oh look, there's another sloppy snowperson, a little shorter and more lumpy than the other one. Toothless runs up and pounces that one, landing smack on it and smushing it into being as flat as a pancake. He rolls over onto his side and rolls around in the snow for a bit, then gets back up, straightening himself and shaking all the snow off. He starts nosing some snow, attempting to make another snowperson to tackle.]

Come play! It's more fun when you're not alone!

[The world was very dark this morning, when Mami woke up. In fact, it was like someone had tied a cloth over her eyes, as she couldn't see ANYTHING.

Her first instinct was to try and remove the cloth in question. This was a reasonable reaction and would have worked except for one small detail - there was no blindfold to remove.

She managed to fumble her way out of her little living place -- and that was it. She didn't know how to get to the farm from here. Oh, she knew where it was, vaguely, but not being able to see kind of put a damper on the whole thing.

So, with great annoyance, she manages to get the communicator going, and says:]

What th' heck happened? Ah can't farm like this!

[Patrol done with for the day, Saix heads over to Sector Four--more specifically, Mami's small farm. Walking, since there is no great hurry; it also allows him time to think.]


(((OOC: Feel free to run into him anywhere in or between Sectors Two and Four--just say where in your subject line!)))

[This may be the rudest awakening Mami's ever had. To her, she went to sleep for a few moments (or so she thinks,) woke up, walked back to her farm...

And someone's tried to torch it. Oh, there's proof of reconstruction (and it looks like there may be another farmer on the premises - she'd have appreciated a "hey, neighbor, I'm gonna move in,") and somehow the weather's colder than it should be, but... Someone. Tried. To. Torch. Her. Farm.

She can't quite keep the despair out of her voice as she cries into the communicator.]

...Who did this?! Who took a torch t' mah farm?! Ah don' remember doin' nothin' to anyone--- Why'd ye do this?!

[Ryu is patrolling around, making sure things are relatively quiet. That dance party last night was kind of exhausting, but he has a duty!]

[He's kind of lonely, though. Hopefully he'll run into someone while he's patrolling.]

[[ooc; Yeah, open bother post. Mostly sector 4 and 5 today, just put the location you're running into him in the subject line. :Db ]]

Do a little daaaaance.

[Suddenly, more demanding,] OBEY. [GIR laughs while he orders some angry bots to escort every single one of you to one of the parks. Fighting back will only result in punishment...and believe him, you don't want to know what GIR has cooked up for you then.

While you walk you may notice that dawn has suddenly become night again, the lighting is still working though it's all very...vibrantly colored and disco-y--maybe a strobe light here and there--and that the once peaceful silence has turned into blaring techno.

GIR starts to sniffle happily.]

Y-you're all so beautiful.



( OOC info under the cut! )

[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.

---

[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.

[Propped into a sitting position in his bed, Fou-Lu rests, recovers, and thinks. Colorfully bruised and bandaged as he is, he's still much better off than yesterday. Between cure spells, his divine regeneration, and a difficult night's sleep, he looks only miserable rather than death warmed over--and given the wounds and blood loss he sustained, were he not Endless, he certainly would have been killed several times over.]

[The bulk of the morning had been spent staring out the window, trying to decide how best to discuss yesterday's events with... anyone, really. Between the slumber party and those who avoided going outside thanks to the monster threat, he has a far smaller pool of people to be diplomatic with than he likely would otherwise. Rumors will certainly spread, and if he earns a reputation as a murderer, so be it--that basic title is nothing more than fact, and he doesn't especially care if people fear him. But Xellos had to die, whether or not they ever comprehend the reasons why.]

[Open Voice]

I offer mine apologies to those whom encountered the battle last night, especially if thou sustained injuries due to it. It is my sincere hope that such a scene need not be repeated in the future.

Ye of the Defense Force, and the bystanders--if any has a wish to speak with me, I welcome it.

[Filtered to Minako, Amaterasu, Zelda, Lacus, and Ryu.]

I am in thy debt. Shouldst thou ever require my aid, simply ask it.

[Filtered to Ashton and Jennifer.]

I've retrieved their remains.


((OOC: The Xellos fight log is still in progress because Lena is sick and will be out for the next several days, but since we already know how it will end (with a big dragon, character death, and the retrieval of Gyoro/Ururun's remains), I'm hoping we can handwave the precise blow-by-blow details for now? ♥ Action is immediately open to his housemates, but he won't turn away anyone coming by with flowers/candy/questions/counts of assault.))

[It's time.]

[Fou-Lu, in hybrid form, circles through Sector 6, only low enough to be seen in silhouette from the ground, yet not too far from those waiting for the confrontation to begin. Avoiding looking in anyone's direction, he tries a few aerial tricks as a distraction while he mentally prepares himself for the fight. They're half-hearted and sloppy maneuvers, for while he has no fears or reservations about what he is going to do, the repercussions may not be so easily endured.]

[Out of nowhere, as is his nature, Xellos appears a few dozen yards in front of where Fou-Lu is dancing around. His amusement is clear, the only other emotion evident is a very clear challenge.]

Well, well. I see you're looking for me, Sir Fou-Lu. [He bows, tossing his cape, and then glances up, his normally closed eyes opening to reveal inhuman, cat-like pupils.] I am, of course, at your service.

***

((OOC: The first thread will be a CLOSED thread with Xellos, Fou-Lu, Minako, Ryu, Joshua, Ammy, and Zelda. Please note that all property damage will be caused by only Xellos unless specifically stated otherwise. Will contain violence, obv.

Bystander thread is HERE, and is OPEN, treated as an event post (ie, threadjacks aplenty!). Read the first comment of the thread for details as to what your character will see, what sort of rubble and spells they will dodge, etc.))

[Yes, it's evening, but Naoya's still out and about. He wants to - no, he needs to check on something.]

[Which is why he's now crouching at a corner of Mami's farm, where he planted some seeds yesterday. He doesn't dare hope, but it's a different world, so maybe...]

[... There's nothing so far. He knows he should wait, but he digs up a seed, and it sits there in his hand, looking no different from when he first stuck it in the ground.]

[He starts laughing, tearing his communicator off, tossing it on the ground, where it bumps the video feed button.]

[It turns on, clearly broadcasting Naoya sitting on the ground, cupping soil in his hands, laughing sadly.]

[Fortunately, his back is turned, so no one can see his face, because his face is incredibly pained... and sad.]

[Staying with Road and Tyki was all well and good, but Naoya needs alone time. He heads towards the shelter to get to dining hall. He's too tired to make his own food.]

[He still looks pretty beaten up, and exhausted. He didn't sleep well at all.]

[[ooc; Anyone is free to encounter him either on the way to the shelter or in the dining hall. Just specify which you'd prefer! o/ ]]

[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~))

[Mami's finally recovered from that whole fiasco yesterday. Well, mostly. There's one last, little thing she needs to do in order to feel completely back to normal. What is that, you ask?

Planting more vegetables. She hadn't been able to do that earlier, and it was kind of nagging at her.

If anyone wants to talk to her, she'll be in her little farm, planting seeds.]

( Filler action part lalala. )

[He turns on his communicator, looking worried.]

I... I think I might have hurt some people. I don't really remember it but...

[He sighs, looking down.]

I'm really sorry...