[IT'S CLEANING TIME. The house in sector 5 is a nice house, a pretty house, probably once upon a time because now? It definitely needs a solid dusting and cleaning and the talents of those who are willing to help! most of the rooms are empty and messy with dust, and the kitchen looks like the concept of washing hasn't been introduced to it in a while, and the living room is terrible and the couch has a spot of (is that blood) on its linen. but it's nothing Brave Vesperia can't deal with, right?]

[or at least, that's what Road will say as she welcomes you to the door. 8)) just mind the cat.]

[later she will set up a table of refreshments, because being in this house for too long will probably make people grumpy...]

[OOC: MINGLE TAG BACKDATE TAG, ROAD WILL BE THERE TO BOTHER YOU 8D]

Good morning, inmates. It is the 142nd day of the third generation.

There will be another light snowfall this afternoon. If you haven't yet availed yourself of the warmer winter clothes available in the clothing store, do so now. The cold weather will continue as long as the dome observes the season of winter.

Inmates Xerxes Break and Alois Trancy, the items you requested are available for pick up at the entrance to the shelter in Sector 0.

[Anyone who walks into the shelter kitchen today will be smacked in the nose by the smell of popcorn. Gino has taken over the place with the stuff and there are at least fifteen bowls at his feet, already filled to the top - and there's more popping in the microwave! Gino looks not in the least bothered by the strong smell, but feel free to ask him what he is even up to.]

Man, Halloween was something else wasn't it? Makes me wonder how everyone celebrates Christmas here. It can't be as crazy as the events Milly used to throw back in Ashford. Probably. Maybe.

Right, anyway. I've got a serious question for you Marina. So think hard about it okay? [we pause for dramatic emphasis]

Red or green?

[context what context!]

[Sesshoumaru is free of the restraints, now, and he is making good use of that freedom by perching on a rooftop and watching the activities below. He's in Sector 2, and finds himself not entirely able to resign himself to the blatant cheerfulness of some of the dogs at the Pet Cafe when they're met with the prospect of human company. To think that he shares a form and instincts with them. It's ridiculous. Even Inuyasha, with all of his flaws, has more good sense than these beasts. At least he only grovels at the feet of woman and not anything that walks past on two legs.

Still, Sesshoumaru can't help but think, as he watches one of the pups, Rin would love a place like that, teeming with what she would no doubt find fascinating and friendly creatures. He will not go so far as to admit that he misses her, but cannot deny, in the privacy of his own mind, that he finds this new distance between them ... unpleasant. He slides off the edge of the roof and seems to float the long distance to the ground, where he lands lightly upon his feet and strides into the midst of his mortal cousins.]