<sub>[After having her morning tea, just as she'd told Akito Beatrice was in the Butterfly Pavilion sitting quietly on a bench. As she waited she merely admired her surroundings and the various fluttery creatures out and about the place. It'd be nice to have some innocent company for a change. Especially after what had happened with Battler.

As she watched a blue winged butterfly lazily float about she let her eyes fall shut, silently waiting for Akito to show up. They would have ice cream and treats and enjoy themselves. It would be lovely.]</sub>

[Heating up some blood in the kitchen.]

Well, that was something yesterday. Let's never do it again and add it to the list of things that never happened.

Also, what's with the bloody time here? Christmas yesterday. New Year's today. What's everyone doing for Valentine's Day tomorrow? Actually, don't answer that. I don't even want to think about what that robot would do.

[Abe wakes up on the baseball field, standing there in his practice uniform. He finds nothing amiss at first, except his lack of teammates. He wouldn’t fall asleep during meditation. He would have noticed if everyone snuck off while they were standing there. It wasn’t his birthday, there was no reason to play a joke or anything. He finds it hard to believe Mr. Shiga or Coach Mo would really stand for something like this right now.

His eyes scan the field, frown set on his face. This is annoying. Where the hell did everyone go, right before practice? There’s no one in the dugout. No one on the field. Looking down at his feet, he notices his glove is missing from where he left it there on the ground. That annoys him the most.]

Not funny, guys! Who the hell took my glove?

[He blinks at the communicator screen in front of his face, and reads the scrolling message with a frown. Yeah. That’s real original. He ignores it in favor of finding his bag where his cell phone should be. But on arrival at the dugout, there’s no bag. Well. Nothing much else to do besides go try and find the rest of his team.]

This is just great.

[Post cuts in on Akito singing along with a song in the background, near the end before it finishes. He giggles a little and spins around on the dance pad]

I didn't know the arcade had a DDR machine~ It's fun~♥

[Singing a little again as he decides on another song, the machine set to the hardest difficulty setting]

Neh, staying in here might be better if the robots are still around- oh I like this song~

[Tunes out to sing along with the song, easily keeping up with the machine and clearly enjoying every minute of it]

[Following the events of yesterday, Winry more or less locked herself in her room, dropped the communicator on the spare bed, then sat and tried to make sense of all she's been through for the rest of the day.

She was going to contact Anissina, but she forgot all about it... Now she's not sure she wants to. Or what to do, really. She's still so confused.

But there is one thing. She is hungry. So, she makes her way to the kitchen (which she checks to be sure it is definitely Ed-free before entering fully), dons an apron, and starts cooking up some breakfast after having nothing to eat since yesterday morning. However, she's still obviously distracted, as she's preparing way too many scrambled eggs and sausages for herself at the moment on the stove. In fact it seems enough to feed three or four people (unless they're Allen or Luffy).

Winry suddenly becomes aware of this fact about halfway through cooking it.] Eh?! What am I going to do with all this food...?

Hn.

[A soft noise, nothing more, followed by a somewhat lengthy silence. Then the video feed comes on, and there is a young man with long black hair framing his face and black eyes staring straight forward through the screen.]

How fitting. [His voice is blank, emotionless.]

Would the warden of the prison be willing to provide more information about the facility and the terms and restrictions of my confinement?

[Feel free to have an extremely frazzled young boy fiddling with his communicator - yelling over it because he is completely unaware how it works. He is, after all, extremely slow at this sort of stuff. Tugging and pulling at it, he growls and grumbles here and there before beginning to yell over it -- without knowing of course, the consequences. Good job paying attention to the little details, Eliot!]

HELLO? HELLO! HELLO?! What the hell is this thing -- why is it so TIGHT!?

[And the screaming and yelling continues. Sorry everyone - in reference to your eardrums]

God damn it! WHAT IS THIS PIECE OF CRAP!? Some chain I haven't heard of? -- well, that's okay because the Nightlay household's Raven is the bes- did it just beep?

Where the hell is Reo. Reo, where are you!?

I SWEAR TO GOD, YOU ASSHOLES! NO ONE KEEPS AN HONORABLE NIGHTLAY IN CAPTIVITY!

[By this time, Eliot is even missing a puny blond by the name of Short- er, Oz Vessalius]

[He's only been in the library for an hour, but already managed to spread a fair amount of paper around one of the back most areas. And he continues to generate more as he waits for the Exorcists to arrive: plans and contingencies, ideas for a new Komurin, the occasional random doodle. Beside him, a cup of coffee that's dribbling onto the papers and table.]

[He'd intended to get this done yesterday, but with the chaos that resulted from Anissina's "gifts" -- he'd have to remember to thank her, by the way -- he'd just given up and rescheduled it for today. So the Exorcists should be here soon enough. Hopefully they wouldn't step all over his paperwork!]

Hey, Kyoya! I heard there's a pizza shop. Wanna go grab a bite to eat with me?

[His voice sounds hopeful, but he's not sure if Hibari is willing to talk to him again, yet.]

[Euphie is on her way to the common room, carrying a book. She wants to do some reading, but she doesn't want to seclude herself, even if going out yesterday had brought on some rather unusual events!]

Eh? [She blinks for good measure, and then gasps as words come into focus before her very eyes.]

[She skims it once.] Criminal? [Skims it again.] Sentience?

[Huffs] Well I never! I don't know why anyone in the world would think I'd hurt a poor defenseless dragon. [Pauses, lets it sink in] Dragons? [Sparkly eyes of doom] You never told me you had dragons in Shin Makoku, Yuuri!

[Ashton can be heard very quietly, having finally figured out some of the buttons on his communicator.] H-hello? I... I'm not the only one here, am I?

[The sound of a chain being tugged can be heard.] This is all... too much, almost. [He sniffs, his voice a little sore. Clearly, he has not taken his incarceration well, and the fact he still has them around hasn't helped.]

[Speaking of "them", some low grumbling can be heard, that is definitely inhuman. Ashton speaks, but it is obvious it is not at anyone in particular.] No, I think I have it on. [Another, more high-pitched growl.] I don't know if the others are here.

Claude?
Rena?
Celine?

...anyone?

Next time someone feels like making people kiss someone else, don't. And if anyone has any idea who's responsible for that piece of shit, let me know so I can punch them in the face.

[Private to Lelouch]

I don't want to make a big deal out of that, but I want to make one thing clear: I won't tell anyone if you don't. And after that, we're even.