[The Sector 4 beach. The sand is warm, and the waves, artificial as they are, lap peacefully back and forth.]

[So peacefully, in fact, someone has fallen asleep at a far end of the beach. From afar, it appears to be an odd rock, or possibly a fiercely individualistic sand dune. Closer inspection would reveal the lump to be Fou-Lu, curled up in the sand near the water, his paddle tail floating in the gentle tide.]

[Some worlds have a saying: "let sleeping dogs lie." As a general rule, this applies triply to dragons, but he is still Fou-Lu. As long as someone doesn't try to kick sand up his nose to accomplish it, waking him up is probably not that dangerous.]

Gosh. I coulda sworn Xemnas would've--Oh! [Surprised at the absence of Sora, Riku and Kairi, he makes a very surprised exclaimation. You might even be able to hear his ears twitching. Mouse ears, yes.]

Sora? Donald? Goofy? ...Riku? Kairi? Where'dya go?

...Well, whaddaya know? He must've transported us to separate locations! [But what's this? Mickey pauses to pay attention to his greeting, and sudddenly his voice changes from happy-go-lucky to the slightest bit afraid.]

Uh...oh.

[When her darling son Conrad escorts her into the exercising area, she is exceptionally excited both to see her other son and his Majesty, along with others she's missed.

It's relatively quiet in the large room, besides the low chatter and soothing yoga music. But not for long.]

YOUR MAJESTYYYYY! WOLFRAM SWEETIEPIE! WHERE ARE YOU? I'M HEEEEERE!

[Let it be said, that Sora has never been much of a student. His favorite parts of school are (when he used to go) recess, lunch, and PE. So all the time at the education center are mostly devoted to messing around, and not opening the various books there. He's thinking about various things that have been going on, and what people have said, and wearing these chains, sooooo........]

Riku?

[Very serious]

Do you think I should wear my hair flat? [It wasn't TOO hard, after Riku got the conditioner into his hair.]

[Ritsuka had slept late. Lack of energy. No appetite the previous day. Unchained. That was nice. His arm stung a little.

Time to wander around in search of something to munch on and a new bandage for that healing, but still bit raw wound.

And the sleepy head is shuffling through Sector Two in aim of exploring some again, of obtaining the things he wants at that moment. Rubbing his eyes and yawning.]

[As awareness is returning to Ryou Bakura, something sets Touzokuou’s senses on alert. As Bakura is just about to open his eyes, Touzokuou pushes himself to the front of their shared consciousness, and his eyes fly open. He looks around wildly, batting the communicator off of his face, not knowing what it is, and not taking the time to read the message.]

What the bloody hell?! Brat! Where are we?

[He noticed the ball and chain around his ankle then, and his anger only grows.]

What the hell is this?!

[Someone is just asking to die.]

If this has anything to do with that damned pharaoh, I swear I'll-

[He is usually at least somewhat aware of whatever is going on, even if he’s sleeping in the recesses of the other’s mind. It disturbs him that he has no idea what is going on. Bakura gives him a feeble ‘I don’t know’, and gently prods at the spirit to let him take over. Not sensing any immediate danger, he allows him. His features shift to a softer look, and a delicate pale hand picks the communicator up, putting it back on, and he reads the welcome message.]

Oh my. What did you get me into?

[Bakura is certain that it was not anything he did that brought them here. He can feel his darker half's anger, and his want to take over, and break something. He gently pushes him back though, wanting to remain in control for this.]

Uhm… [He clears his throat.] Hello? I, uh, I think there might have been a mistake. I haven’t done anything wrong, it, uh, wasn’t me who did those things. [Bakura doesn’t know if whoever brought them here is aware of the spirits existence.] Hellooo, is anyone there? I’m sure I can explain things, if you just give me a moment. This must be a mistake.

[Yuuri is running late to meet Joshua, so he hurries to the beach only realizing that he wasn't really dressed for the beach until he gets there. His black, school uniform seem kind of severe all the sudden.]

Oops.

[Cornelia sits down next to her captive sibling in the education center. The activity is appropriately timed. After all there is much to learn about considering the earlier conversation.]

I hope you don't mind the company, brother. [Not that she's going if you do.]

[Xion's attention to other people's network conversations has been patchy today, so she has yet to notice any private-failage.]

( Fail-Privates to Axel, Suzaku, and Cheri. )