What do you do when you know someone you care about is making a mistake?

[The communicator is perched across the room from what can be recognized as the only thing Reid had insisted on being present in the Defense Force headquarters, a large whiteboard. It kept things organized for a case, and everything in one place. Currently, it was covered in what was Fonic script, but he didn't know that. It was a small section of the Area of Effect sigil present in the dome last night.

Reid looks like hell, he's got a few small grass stains on his clothing, he's disheveled, the ends of his hair on one side of his head are singed, and he looks exhausted. But he's pushing through it.]

Attention everyone, please. I'm Dr. Spencer Reid with the Defense Force, and I have some very important information I need to get across to all of you. Behind me is a portion of a large area of script that I can only call a magic circle of some kind. Yes, this is an exact replica. I have an eidetic memory. The script is alphabetic like English, not ideographic like kanji in Japanese and Chinese. It appeared late last night, and is no longer present now. It glows with its own energy, and reaches temperatures hot enough to instantly incinerate this pencil. [Shows a blackened stub of a pencil.] The area outside of it was very cold. I tried to come back to headquarters last night when I saw it, but I lost consciousness first.

I ask that anyone with any information about this please come forward. And also, under no circumstances should anyone approach it or touch it. Please notify a member of the Defense Force as soon as you see it.

[He hesitates a moment.] And, on a more personal note, can anyone cut hair? [Self-consciously runs a hand over the singed parts.

Um...has anyone seen Gatomon lately?

I haven't seen her all day, and I'm worried...I know she's not a normal kitty and she can probably take care of herself, but...

[Soubi is again in the Butterfly Pavilion, but he is not painting. Instead he sits beneath a tree, looking down at what some may recognize as a digital camera. There are several pictures on it, of himself, or Ritsuka, and of the friends Ritsuka made while he was in Marina.

Like the one he is waiting for. Anya.

He does not know when she will arrive.]

[ Action | Open | Library | Lunchtime ]
[Since he now had volunteered to help with a few classes, it was only fair that he brushed up on some of the information he'd need. Lockon must have looked quite a sight, sitting at a library table with two legal notepads with notes on them; one of astronomy terms and lists, the second with sports, team sizes, formations, and equipment. Books about astronomy, the basics of space flight, rugby, football (soccer) and... car engines were all strewn about the table in front of him, in various states of half-read.

He always did have trouble staying focused when it came to studying.]

[ Action | Closed | Home | Afternoon ]
[Back at home, Lockon realized a little too late that he never really set up his dining room. The lunch was simple - some tossed salad, wild rice and gravy, and some pan-fried fish that reminded him of trout, but looked or smelled nothing like it. He was somewhat frantically trying to get the three sets of place-mats down, along with dishes, and also clean off the dust from the chairs. Hopefully he'd get done before his guests, Lacus and Sakura, arrived...]

[ Action | Closed | Sector 6 | Late Night ]
[Late into the evening, Lockon ascended the stairs to the roof of the apartment complex that the projector was mounted on top of. He carried with him a messenger bag that held his books, notes, and a few snacks, and under one arm he had a big bottle of ginger ale. Taking the key out of his pocket, he unlocked the roof access door and opened it...]

Oh no! It's gone! My butterfly brooch!

Oh, gosh, where was I today? After I left the house, I looked through the library, and spent a while reading in the butterfly pavilion.

If anyone sees a gold and green butterfly shaped brooch, could you please return it to me? It was a gift from Big Brother Schneizel, so it's very important to me.

((Cue KAWAII AMINAL ADVENTURES. ITT: Cornus, Anastasia, and Shallot go on an epic search for the missing brooch! Others are welcome too!))

[There he is.

When Sasuke had found that Itachi was not in the house, he had assumed that his brother had wandered off again (without telling him, as usual) to the library or the park or some other random location far enough away that Sasuke almost begins to suspect that Itachi is seriously trying to avoid him. He's surprised, then, when he finds his brother is just outside their current home, leaning against a tree.]

Itachi.

[He says this to let his brother know he's here, and perhaps as an almost-question: what are you doing here?]