[Several hours prior to his shift, Zero finds himself heading into the Defense Force Headquarters. He's been in Marina for a long time, but the days since his stabilizer accident have turned out to be some of the most trying and stressful for him in Marina. The little tolerance and patience he was able to muster had been spent.

His talk with Saya had been educational, but something needed to be done. Diva wasn't the only issue at the moment. Sam and Dean had taken it upon themselves to go after Zelman for his attack on Sasha. Zero didn't blame them, he would have done the same thing in the situation. The truth was, the Defense Force was not set up for these sort of attacks. Dispatch was used to monitor the life signs of the inmates, but when a vampire attacked, some of the ones in Marina could change their victim without ever risking their life.

Each world the vampires came from were a little different. The rules were different. For as experienced as Zero himself was in dealing with the vampires from his own world, he was blind and unprepared when it came to the rest of them. A fact that was quickly becoming painfully obvious as he attempted to manage the situation with Diva.

Something needed to be done to tighten up the net, losing Conrad felt like a personal failure and it was something that couldn't happen again.

He hated the feeling of chaos more than anything, but that is what the recent situation with the vampires had felt like recently. He needed to find a way to put everything in some sort of order.

The morning announcements had been the final straw.

It was a damned stupid time for Dean to get himself collared for a week.

Entering the Headquarters, he moved through the building in his efforts to search for Suzaku.]

[ooc: Feel free to run into him on his way to the DF or within it if you are a DF member.]

[Frustrated, angry clown is frustrated and oh so angry! Spending however-many-days in that stupid Defense Force hellhole, stuck listening to all those idiots over the network has done nothing to rehabilitate him as Acumen sought to achieve. Oh well, there wasn't much hope for this one right from the beginning.

To vent out his frustration he's picked up some book about vampires and werewolves and a stupid girl a few pieces of literature and is making a bonfire out of them. Page by page is torn, read briefly, criticized and then thrown in. Even if no one is watching, Kefka is amused enough to keep on doing this for quite some time.]

[Syaoran is sure that his mother would want him to continue his studies if he had the possibility to do so in prison... even the ones he doesn't really want to. He's already going to be in trouble once he tells her he's been in prison, not having accepted the fact that he's pretty much stuck here unless something out of his control happens, so maybe this will help to appease her slightly. So he is at the school, checking things out, beginning to make a mental list of classes he thinks he should take.]

[ judges it warm and dry enough to have class outside, again, by the tree. he's brought a ball and little bag with slips of paper in it for this class, intending to play a game. the book he read recommended games; he is skeptical, but it's worth a shot. he's kind of looking forward to the class... after the last few days, being in control of his element sounds pretty good right now. ]

[Cross doesn't care much about hiding today. All of the brats he normally avoids would be hovering over that ponytailed moron, so he's content to flop himself down on a random park bench, stretched out on his back, blowing smoke rings into the air. Get close enough and you're likely to hear him murmuring every now and again about idiots and how they're not worth the trouble.]

[And if any ladies get close enough, they might get a cat-call. He's pissed, but he's not blind.]

[It's time for another hour filled with amateur sword-swinging! Preferably without accidentally throwing it, and even more preferably without the sudden projectile smacking into the back of someone's head.]

[Today's class focuses on defensive moves. After a demonstration on basic blocks and parries, he sets his students up with helmets and light armor and divides them up into rotating pairs. Cain will come around and offer commentary, or pair up with students as needed. Or scold people who are slacking off (too much), as he expects people to work hard in his class.]

[The end of class is reserved for the experienced swordspeople who want to vigorously smack each other with sword-shaped sticks. Students are invited to stay and watch, but Cain won't yell at them if they sneak off.]


[[OOC: Threadjacks highly encouraged! Set your subject lines as Before, During, or After class.]]

So all you Defense Force people out there. Spill it. Why should I join? And don't spare the details! There has to be some bad end to the deal otherwise every single person here would be on the force.

((ooc: sorry to add to more DF things, but she was just asked yesterday why she wasn't on it so...))

[ Private to Kitty Pryde ]

Oy, I've got a question for you. [ ... Doesn't this sound familiar? ]

[ /Private to Kitty Pryde ]


Figures the only entertainment in this place doesn't pan out. [ Silly exorcists, why'd you have to stop Kanda? :( He was looking forward to that blowout yesterday. ] So... Greed, up for a game of cards tonight? I need something to do, and we should talk. [ About stuff. Our illegal, alcoholic stuff. ]

... Road-- it's climbing on the curtain again. [ SIGH, COME GET YOUR KITTEN GDI. /he's at the house for any family member interaction you guysss. ]

[this is a Subaru heading to the park with a hyperactive puppydog-- on a leash, like is proper!-- bounding around him excitedly. She appears to currently be investigating the ground, but takes off again. Despite her being a puppy, she rapidly takes Subaru with her, and she drags Subaru across the park. He doesn't seem to mind, laughing as he goes, until they finally flop onto the grass and she scampers all across him. He's waiting for Ushiro, but if you happen to be in the area-- pet the puppy? :D]