[Ryu's walking around, and his communicator shows that he's found his way back to Sector 4. He grins, and flops down in the grass.]

It's... for a prison, it's kind of nice here. And that ball and chain is gone.

I think a lot of my strength is back, too, thankfully.

[He pokes at the communicator visor again.]

This thing is still weird to me, though.

[Anyone who happens by the computer lab between morning announcements and lunchtime will find Lacus looking quite comfortable at one of the terminals. Pink is settled on the desk beside, connected to the computer via cords originating from under his armflaps, powered down for the moment. Soft humming can be heard above the sound of typing as Lacus's fingers fly over the keyboard with apparent ease.]

[Anyone who catches a glimpse of the screen will find that whatever she's doing, it's almost too fast for normal humans to follow as windows open, scroll, and close in seconds. Anyone who has a mind for such things will see that she's reconfiguring Pink's rather complicated OS at a very formidable speed.]

[She's waiting for Tieria to arrive with Haro, but until then she'd be extremely glad for some company!]

( Voice - Private to Winry )

((OOC: repost due to power outage fail and changes in plotting!))

I've been here for two weeks now... I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing... Winry and Ed are here and I've got Tama! And I've made a lot of new friends!

But I really miss Teacher... She's really strong though so I bet she's just fine. Nobody can beat her!

How long has everyone else been here...?

( Aphrodite coming to KNOCK ON YO DOOR. )

( Waking Up is Hard to Do )

[Private to Conrad]

Hey Captain...[the voice is softer, sounding off, somewhat far away] How long has His Majesty been gone? [Back? Gone? Never left?]

[Deidara is feeling a good deal better after having slept, and the wounds he had when he arrived have been bandaged. Unfortunately for him, he's still restrained. He's been led by bots (that didn't respond well to being kicked repeatedly, apparently) to breakfast.]

[muttering at the bots as he prods one with a foot again] Who made you, un? The design's hideous, but I've never seen anything like it.

[The food smells good and the ninja is starving, so for now he's fine with just digging in and holding off on other plans - such as how to get the restraints removed.]

[This morning the Composer can be found in the kitchen area. He finally took that kitten away from Minamimoto not that the Reaper will really care and Joshua doesn't want Sentience to get in a huff over a joke. Joshua will be returning it later in the day, because he doesn't want it either is really such a sweet, caring guy. And look. Joshua even gave the little thing some milk while eating himself. He doesn't really need to eat, but Joshua always likes good food. Well, good food according to him. It probably looks odd seeing someone eating instant ramen for "breakfast," but Joshua will eat what Joshua wants and that is all there is to it.

Now he taps his chopsticks on the container, with a giggle.]

Valentines Day now? My, we really are playing around with dates! Going from May to February.~

[Pausing to nibble on some noodles.]

For those not familiar with the holiday, it's more or less a romantic one. In Japan, girls usually make or buy chocolates for the guys. A month later, the guys get to do the same for the girls that had given them a present. It's a day to celebrate love and those warm fuzzy feelings you get about another person.

So, I ask: How does your home celebrate the holiday, if it even has it? If not, is there a holiday like it?

[And now he'll just sit back and eat. He hasn't done this in a while.]

Tieria was usually an early riser. Today was only slightly different beyond a slight groggy feeling from his attempt to link to Sentience yesterday. In fact, being worn out from that was probably the only reason he actually slept, and probably a little later than usual. He reached over and grabbed his glasses, his movement triggering Haro's motion sensor.

Good morning! Good morning!

He sighed.

"Morning, Haro..."

He sat up, his ankle still sore from the restraint cuffed to it after what exploring he'd been able to do that first day. If he remembered correctly, he was going to be shuffled through a schedule of events by those bots throughout the day. Still, he needed to find a point when he could get to that kiosk near the shelter he was told about and to the computer lab to meet Lacus.

( He'd better get going if he wanted to do anything on his own outside the schedule. )

[And here is a happy Sakamoto, who waves to everyone through the camera, grinning as always.]

It seems like people here get very cranky about Valentine's Day! There's no reason to be bitter about it, ahaha! It's just a day about love and sex and chocolate, ahahaha! There's no reason to be unhappy!

And, hey, Sentience, and whoever else is out there! We should have a party, or something, to celebrate! Because people need to remember that it's a fun holiday, and not something that people should be grouchy about, haha!

_{[She's a bit hesitant at first, somewhat embarrassed to ask. But, stubborn as she is, Beatrice forges ahead and asks her question.]}

Would anyone be willing to teach me how to make chocolates the traditional way?

_{[Of course, she can easily make as much chocolate as she wants with magic...but for once she wants to put effort into something. That and the person they're intended for...Well they probably won't accept them if they're 'magic'.]}

Tch.

( Spoilers for recent chapters of Naruto )

Nii-san.

Where are you?

[A special day for those in love, huh.

Sighing, he continues scribbling with his pencil colors. The demon can be seen near the park, sitting on the soft green grass, working on an exquisite masterpiece, the kind that Wolfram likes (liked to do?) for a certain black haired demon king. Maybe it's better to stay away from everyone today, given how they'd rub their noses on matters that don't concern them. Wolfram can specially picture his mother and Miko-san asking a lot of annoying questions or doing horrible suggestions like wearing matching dresses or something like that. Shudder.

Maybe he shouldn't be doing a gift for Yuuri. What are they now, anyway? They are still technically engaged but... Wolfram knows he said he'd love Yuuri forever, but he is starting to believe he might not be able to keep his promise. There is no point in keeping up the 'fiancé' charade is Yuuri is not willing to love him back.

Ugh, stupid Yuuri, go die in a horrible pit of fire. I hate you. I love you. I want to kill you. I want you to love me. I want to be away from you, yet I can't bring myself to leave your side.

Confused and annoyed, he keeps on pouring bits of his soul and emotions onto the paper.]

You'd assume with our warden being a mainframe and/or supercomputer and all that can subtract us from our own timelines, it'd be zetta advanced to the point where it could ... oh, I don't know, keep time.

[She's sitting outside in a tree near her house in Sector four, brows knit as she flips through a book in concentration, searching for a particular page.]

Isn't it St. Xocolatl's Day? [A sigh] I've never even heard of half the holidays celebrated here. They always have really strange names. Val and Tine's? What's all of this about White Day, too...?

I think for Valentine's Day everyone, especially the ladies, should line up to give both my brother and I cards, presents and chocolates.

If guys want to give us presents, too, I won't stop you. As they say, the more the merrier. I can't say no to presents.

What about a game? We can play the "Which is Hikaru Game" and the winner can have dinner or something with us. Not that anyone will win. I'll have to discuss it with my brother. Other Host Club members wouldn't be able to play. Anyone else who can't play?

[ there is quite a pause after Suzaku opens the channel; taking a breath, bracing himself, all of that. but it can't be avoided. yesterday's conversations made that very clear. and damn it all, it shouldn't be avoided. there's nothing bad about this. kids -- need to know. it's for their own good, it's healthy, it's necessary for their safety. but it still takes him a moment to work up the necessary... courage. ]

Good morning, everyone. [ because he is talking to all of you, and he doesn't want anyone to tune him out. ] It's -- come to my attention that there are... a lot of people here, too many people, who don't know something they need to.

Most of you are young, but there are probably some older people, too, who don't really know this. So I'm opening myself up to anyone -- anyone -- who has any questions...

[ one final inwards breath, and he says it, a bit more loudly than he means to: ]

About sex.

[Akito's in a pretty good mood today~ After waking up and apologising about a hundred times to his brother for falling asleep in the park last night, he tugged Agito out of bed and went exploring.

Said exploring ended up at the clothing store and Akito is very pleased with himself, much to Agito's amusement. Agito still has his Kogarasumaru uniform on, but Akito? Well, let's just say he enjoyed himself shopping. He's not at all bothered by the fact it's more something a girl would wear. It's kinda cute~ And that's all that matters~!

The two are wandering around the place now, Akito clearly having too much energy. Feel free to run into them~]

[Takami does not reveal his name, but just believes that it is necessary to ask this simple question. He disguises his voice by speaking at a lower pitch than he usually does, although he is sure that he is fallible, it doesn't hurt to gather some information.]

Is killing justifiable? Please justify your claim regarding said matter.

If anyone is curious as to why I am asking, I am merely gathering data. If you do not wish to have your thoughts viewed by anyone else, I am capable of making conversations private. The technology here is slightly more enhanced than mine back home, but it is manageable.

[Anya was certainly NOT going to do anything for Valentines Day. Other than take pictures of people of course and wander around the facility. Her ball and chain have been finally removed, you see, and she felt that was enough cause to explore.]

[Too bad Marianne has other ideas though.]