[Early evening. It's stupidly quiet in Casa de vi Britannia tonight, and Lelouch is very aware of it. He has his door open, which is relatively rare, and he's on the bed with a book, but he's not really reading it.

[...It's just... quiet. How can he be expected to sleep like this?]

Excuses, excuses.

I knew Acumen was behind this. And now we're being punished for not bending to its will. Is anyone else unsurprised?

[Maybe ten minutes later:]

I need someone from... from the Defense Force to escort me to sector six. And no, it can't wait until tomorrow.

WE'RE ALL GONNA DIIIEEEEEE!!

[Watch as GIR runs about and screeches frantically on the screen]

For those of you who aren't aware, don't understand, or are worried about what's happening right now -- we're experiencing another incident like the monster attacks. But this is the first time it's ever happened during the day.

Whoever is responsible has a twisted sense of humor [honestly, the day before Halloween?] and we shouldn't reward them by panicking.

I'd like to encourage everyone who can to please gather in the shelter. There don't seem to be monsters about right now, but I don't think that will last for long, and this time seems to be different than the other times, so take every precaution.

If you need help, please don't hesitate to ask for it -- I'm sure the defense force is standing by. But we should all get to safety as soon as possible.

[ ...well, isn't this just fascinating.

you might find Jade wandering very sedately down the street; he's easy to spot because, at least at the moment, he has an orb of light in the air above him. he needs the light, almost less for actually seeing than for the furious scribbling he's doing in a very small notebook.

to himself, as he walks: ] An escalation, certainly... But what does it mean?

What the fu--

[Having only gotten about three hours of sleep before the siren rips through the air, Saki is not impressed. She's still in her clothes from the previous day, sprawled out lazily on Jun's spare futon (and trying not to roll over and accidentally crush the cat who decided to sleep with her) -- but then she gets up, and when she opens her eyes, the room is still pitch black.]

((OOC: Once again open to housemates and friends!))

[ holy shit, that woke him up. the sirens blare enough for him to sit straight up in bed, grabbing for his hammer--

and something is very, very wrong. he feels at his face in the dark. ]

What the hell?!

[ maybe he sounds a little panicked? and then a pause as something is crawling on his face. he slaps at it and holds it tight in one hand. it's... fluttering?

oh, now he's angry. ]

I'm going to kill you, you asshole!

[ tired, unhappy sound. ]

What now...? [ Beagle is whining and barking in the background. puppy does not like the noise. ;; ]

Don't worry, everyone. I'm sure the brave men and women of our Defense Force will keep everyone protected in this uncertain time.

Make sure to bother them with all your insignificant frets.

[At least after the last black out he was smart enough to get a few flashlights. Having it happen right after waking up was significantly more irritating than before though. At least he had gotten dressed and ready for the day before everything in his apartment started to turn into rust and grime. Fuuma doesn't really sound worried when he speaks, however.]

We don't even get the day off this time?

[Being able to maintain that kind of illusion, or something similar for a night was pretty impressive. Could someone really keep it held for the whole day without tiring out here?]

That's unfortunate. Hopefully no one made important plans.

Good morning, inmates. It is the 86th day of the third generation.

Tomorrow, the facility will observe the holiday Halloween. At inmate Johnny Rayflo's request, the celebrations have been left for inmates to coordinate, though costumes and themed candy will be provided in the Sector 5 clothing and convenience stores, respectively. Please direct all questions and related matters to him.

[The regular broadcast ends just the same as always, but almost immediately afterward, an alarming siren screams out suddenly...]

[[ooc:Event start! Please be reminded that still only kiosk requests go here, guys]]