[Russel is in the hospital. He just woke up. The first thing he sees is his own hand. Covered in pentacles. That's not the best thing to see. Cue freakout.]

Wh-wh-what is this?! What the hell is going on? [He looks freaked out in a genuine way he hasn't for some time.

[They were all gone again.

Akatsuki doesn't like it when he's left by himself this way. Aidou had been acting strangely for days and then left and came back asleep. And he wouldn't wake up no matter how much Akatsuki called him.

And then Yuuki wouldn't get up either and the one who had smelled like they and Kamui did came back and took her and Aidou away. He hadn't wanted them to. At least if they were sleeping and here Akatsuki could see them.

So Akatsuki once again frees himself through the open kitchen window--silly humans, why do they leave it open so often?--and begins to wander around. If no one is going to come home to be with him then he may as well try to find them...again.

It worked last time.]

{OOC: Forgive the fact the kitties in the icons are not exactly alike. I tried!}

[Brazen, indeed. Pentacles on people's skin and yet he hadn't seen a single Akuma. Interesting.]

[Cross is doing what he does best: lurking. Around the Shelter, the public areas, the shady alleys.... Usually he's a bit less conspicuous about it, but he wouldn't mind being found. And, notably, Judgment is handy thanks to that Defense Thing that Allen had him stuck in.]

[He's right here, Noah. Come out, wherever you are.]

[Despite what happened with Setsuna the night before, despite not having received any physical training yet, Rei is still back on the watch that evening. It's too important to wait, especially given that she's now an official part of the force, and especially after angering her Commander. She needs to make a good impression.

Hopefully that will involve not getting injured or maimed in any way.

One strange thing that anyone passing by may notice is that she's not dressed in her usual skirt and cardigan combo, but her plug suit. It's designed to absorb hits, after all, and has protection over her ribcage. She plans to wear it both for training and patrolling until she feels secure enough to return to civilian clothing. Anyone who didn't see it when she first arrived may also notice that it's skintight, pretty much a second skin - anyone who'd notice that kind of thing, anyway.

She hears someone approaching and stops, her body tensing up and preparing for battle immediately.]

((ooc: thread with Naoya is closed, but if someone else wants to drop in and scare the bejeesus out of her, go big!))

[Someone has been spending some time with the computers. She's been attempting to get outside of the system. She hasn't been trying that hard, at least, not yet.]

There has to be some way to access other systems....

[She yawns]

Tieria, have you tried getting outside of the system?

[Sakura's condition is not improving, and she slept through most of the day before as well. Kitty did not mention if she had awakened during the time he was gone.

Given how long she has gone without food, Itachi knows it won't be long before she begins to have nutritional deficiencies. He remembers how fast a child's metabolism can be. An IV will have to be used, and for that he must take her to the hospital.

Itachi would rather not have to take her to a place he cannot trust, but his responsibility overrides his reservations.

He wraps her in a thin blanket, and carries from the house, using the voice directions of the communicator to lead him in the direction of the hospital. His chakra is on alert, lightly floating on the surface to help him remain aware of anyone or anything that may come by without using his Sharingan.]

{OOC: Feel free to meet him on the road to the hospital or when he gets there?}