Good morning, criminals! It is advisable to avoid the Sector 4 dolphin observatory deck, as we are currently in the process of renovating it to include a beach, with genuine, guaranteed-clean sand and exotic palm trees where you can enjoy the water along with the dolphins. This process is resulting in a great deal of turmoil.

This system is also undergoing the seasonal change undertaking. Please be patient as non-automated system processes may slow during this time.

[Yuuri is sitting in the butterfly pavilion. His communicator is laying next to him as he absently watches the colorful display. He looks a little sadder than miserable with his knees tucked up against his chest and his arms around them.

He left his room very early and skipped his early morning run with Conrad. After everything that happened yesterday with Joshua kissing him and then deciding it was best not to see him in person and ending the night by slapping Wolfram it seemed like he just shouldn't be around people.

He came to the pavilion because, "butterflies don't think" as Joshua said. Maybe he should be a butterfly. Because all he can do right now is think about Joshua's latest comment and how to reply...if at all.]

Good morning Marina residents!~

[Should be noted that Joshua is speaking in his oh so sickly sweet voice. Yeah. He's not happy.]

Sleep well? I sure hope so!~

I've decided to grace you all with another question! It's early, yes, but I've been thinking about it all night.

So:

Are you the sort of friend that you would want to have?

Be honest! And as an added bonus, I'll even give my answer.~

I don't make friends! Thus it doesn't apply to me.~

[Shortly after his Japanese lessons with Akito, Fletcher heads back to his and Russel's room. He needs to get plenty of sleep if he's going to be helping Sentience with the leaves -- even if it's not happening right away, it'll take a lot of energy, so he needs to take extra good care of himself. So he can't stay up late tonight. Or for a while, actually.]

I'm back! ...aw, Cornus, you're asleep already... [Yes, the tiny puppy is asleep on the sofa.]

Hey, Kallen, when you said that Lelouch replaced you with Suzaku... Has Suzaku taken your place in bed with Lelouch?

Hm... it hadn't occurred to me that Lelouch might be interested in men, too. I only hope that my cousin can satisfy him!

[Teeth gritting as the scent of blood surrounded him. His own mixed with the three companions with him, controlling himself was near impossible. It wasn't an option though. Never an option to take from anyone other than the vampire prey he hunted back home. The only sign others would have that he was having difficult would be the color of his eyes. Their normal icy violet hue had the tendency to tinge crimson when the blood lust became unbearable. Unless people knew what to look for specifically, they would probably just assume that his eyes were bloodshot from exhaustion. That wouldn't be too far off at this time.]

[Throughout the night they'd battled her, something which most of the rest of the facility probably hadn't realized. Truthfully though, he wouldn't have been surprised to find that their battle hadn't kept some of the more sensitive inhabitants awake as the ground in the facility had shook from her attacks.]

[Hefting the girl a little higher onto his back, Zero wasn't having as much of a problem carrying her unconscious weight as he was with controlling his hunger. He was used to getting a reward of sorts to ease his thirst after his battles, but this was no vampire he carried. His own wounds were already beginning to heal a little, if it wasn't an anti-vampire weapon it wouldn't harm him for very long.]

[Getting closer to Sector 0, Zero figured they shouldn't bring their baggage into the facility. The sooner they delivered their finding, the better. Carefully, Zero deposited the girl onto the ground and pulled out his headset to communicate.]

Hey Sentience...we've brought you a gift.