[ Mischief managed Hospital escape get! His head is feeling (slightly) better, and he is carrying his project under one arm, but a walk (hobble) is needed in order to clear his thoughts.

He's made his way to the convenience store and in the camera's view, there's a cellophane-wrapped pair of yellow cakelike things. ]

Been wonderin' about these for a while... [ He tears the pack open and pulls one out, turning it over and testing its squishiness. ] Huh. Looks kinda like sponge cake. Never seen a sponge cake this yellow...

[ The angle shifts as he puts the communicator on the shelf across from him; it shows Lavi's face -- he's been patched up pretty well, though his few bandages are nothing compared to Kanda's -- and he grins, holding up the cake. ] Salut!

[ Takes a bite! And then makes a series of faces from surprised to horrified to sick before he disappears from view. ]

The hell is this thing?! [ Dramatic gagging noises. ] Think I'm gonna die...


((ooc: Lavi has tried his first Twinkie. Feel free to laugh at him.))

Where..

..where did my buddy go!?

I wanted to play some more! ARGH! I HATE this place even more! [For some reason, like always, he laughs.]

.....M-Marina?

Haven't seen this place in a while...

[ooc: One AU!Rin with previous Marina memories kept right here. More on her AU in her userinfo!]

[the voice that comes over the network is a child, but one who sounds deadly serious]

Stars 02 to Long Arch. Come in, Long Arch.

[Nothing. A bit of panic colors her tone, now.] Repeating: Stars 02 requesting assistance. Situation... unclear. AMF appears active at present location.

[More nothing. And then some very animated grumbling.] ...stupid thing's broken. [AND YELLING NOW.] HAYATEEEE! REIIIIIIN! NANOHAAAA!

[After staring at the device for so long, he finally tried it on and fiddled with it....then he found out that it was on.] Tch.

[He was moved to a new imprisonment and no sigh of his sister or anyone else he knew. He appeared emotionless, not surprised or anything.]

Magic or not, this move was unexpected.

Dammit, it's hopeless! How could I have let this happen? This is the worst!

[Kid had a little run in with the raptors last night. Kid's hair got clipped on one side of his head during the fight, and not the other. Kid is now crying over the network because of this fact, even though the difference isn't noticeable to anyone who doesn't hold a magnifying glass up to his hair.]

Good morning inmates. It is the 75th day of the third generation.

A shipment of blood has arrived, and the allotted refrigerator should be completely filled come mid-morning; convenience store shelves restocked with blood substitutes by this afternoon. I will consider altering the shipments and schedule in order to better prevent this from happening again.

System protocol and code review has finished, and I have found only a few errors remaining. They will be repaired in a timely manner.

Inmates Kaien Kurosu and Shiki Misaki, your requests are at the entrance to Sector 0.

[Crazy, insane laughter rings into the feed of the communicator when it's turned on, the sound of monsters being burned/electrocuted serving as an equally disturbing backdrop.]

I love this!! Why can't we have more days like this!? Bring one, bring them all! I can take them! [The sound of another thunderbolt, or something like it, crashing down at a monster. Maybe the monster hit him, because there's a sound of clothes and perhaps even flesh being cut into, but if it did he shows no sign of pain; instead he laughs.]

_{[Nana's usually good about staying inside when it's night time, but sometimes her restless little mind can't sleep. When that happens, Nana likes to take walks. She's good and doesn't bother anyone, quiet as a mouse, but tonight is different. Tonight isn't safe like other nights. No, tonight the dome is gray scale and everything is terrifying. Especially the creatures roaming about the place and the strange stuff falling from the sky.]}

Why...Why are the colors gone? The- _{[Are they monsters? That's what they are, aren't they?]} The scary things...They won't leave Nana alone-! Papa! _{[A reflexive cry, of course, since Papa isn't here and hasn't been for awhile. Still, she screams, running as best she can and trying not to fall into the gaping holes in the street in an attempt to reach home as fast as possible.]}

[ the video opens to a wide picture of... a little girl. she doesn't look more than 10 years old, and she can be seen sitting down in a room, kicking her legs while addressing the communicator. as she kicks, the rattle of a chain can be heard, like what you would hear from someone who is restrained.

of course, this little girl cannot possibly be restrained, right? wrong. ]

Uuu? Summoned Maria? Who summoned Maria? "Acumen"?

"Acumen" is a very powerful wizard to summon Maria. The anti-magic toxin is very strong here.

Is Sakutaro also here? Uuuu-uu, Sakutaro? A small lion with a red muffler that Maria gave him. Tell Maria if you see him, okay?

I-- [a gasp, startled, and then a husky murmur] I cannot -- hear...

I am deaf.

[spoken in a quiet, mourning voice, and then there are just a few, quiet breaths. it is finally -- finally over. there is nothing left of the Wood in her. and it hurts so much more than she'd thought it would.]

[finally, after a long pause, she turns the video on: a beautiful woman with coffee-colored skin and white hair curling about her face. her ears may not be visible just yet, but her features are not quite human.]

[now her voice is collected and flat] Who has chained me? I do not care for it.

[for someone who claims to be deaf, she certainly seems to expect answers]

[ there's the sound of laughter -- horribly amused, verging on evil. it soon fades off, though the hint of mirth doesn't leave the owner's voice. ]

So, someone finally grew a backbone and decided to do something about me, huh? Not exactly the type of place I thought I'd wind up. This is like some sort of five star... What'd'ya call them... Resort compared to where I should be.

I mean, a welcoming basket? Really? How fucking cheesy can you get? You "welcoming committee" members should focus less on prissy troll Martha Stewart shit and more on rotting for the crimes you've undoubtedly bestowed upon your world.

I don't even know why I'm bothering with this. No doubt you're all a horrible waste of time and my precious life.

Prison! [ back to the laughter, before it cuts off. ]

Um... hello? What is this place and why did this... Ak-yoo-men person bring me here? And why do I have this ball attached to my ankle? It's heavy...

I want to go home. I miss my mommy and daddy...

[ Rosa awoke later than she usually would have, perhaps because of the lack of light to wake her up- and she missed the 'announcement'. So, she's quite confused. No, really confused. And she wants to know what happened. The clock says it's around 7AM, so... shouldn't it be bright outside? Fumbling with her communicator, she manages to slip it on and turn on voice. ]

Why is it so dark?! This can't be normal.

...It's not still nighttime, is it? [ if it is - then she might've just woken some people up... ]

[Because I wish to be close to him. The Fourteenth.]

...Earl, you still...]

[Where am I?]

...Wisely? Where - Wisely! This isn't funny!

[The video flicks to a very familiar plushie. Road pushes the screen with one of her cotton paws.]<>

If you've gone and lost me again then Cyril will yell at you.

[And the doll puts her hands on her embroidered hips and huffs]

[CANON UPDATE to chapter 196. Here's a very confused doll!Road for you, Marina.]

Hi everybody... not to put a damper on anyone's afternoon but... I just had a question.

[ Pause. Deep breath. ]

Um... where's the blood gone?


((ooc: I'll be going to bed soon, but threadjacking is a-ok with me.))

[Anew rushes out of the 'dance lesson,' not that she'd paid mind to anything but the fact that Ribbons was there and how strange and scared and angry he made her feel. Between this encounter and Hiling following her home last night, she's in enough of a panic to mess up her intended private call:]

[failed private to Lyle]

Lyle! [Her voice is high-pitched, panicked.] T-they found me! [Even though technically she found Ribbons, but he must have lured her there somehow... just like his false promise to leave her be, it had to all be an act.] I -- I don't know --

[She can't easily speak with how upset she is, so it takes a moment to finish her sentence.]

I don't know what to do.

Oi Inoue... Thanks for last night.

[Really, that's all he had to say. Though that probably... Doesn't sound right. He doesn't care. That's all he feels like saying. Guess who hadn't been to school? That's right. Ichigo's skipped out. Finally out of that Shinigami uniform too. Might feel a bit odd, considering this is still in his spirit form, but wearing that thing all the time? Eh... Right now he's in the common room in the Shelter, gnawing on a popsicle stick. Thinking. God he's been doing that a lot.]

HEY! What the hell? There's no food in here!

[Guess who found the empty kitchen in the shelter~.]

So, I was thinking that tonight maybe we should have a sleepover. You know, like a really big, all of us sleepover. Probably in the shelter. Our house isn't really big enough for all of us. But I thought then we could have fun and everyone could be together and safe in case it happens again.

We could have games and snacks and tell bedtime stories and whatever else you're supposed to do during sleepovers.

[Kind of a long pause and his voice isn't so upbeat anymore, but he tries not to make it overly sad either.]

And for anyone who is friends with Murata or Muraken if he got you to call him that...

I don't know if you saw the list of all the people who are gone today, but he's on it, and I don't think it's a mistake.