[Voice|Filtered from Sasuke and Hidan]

I was informed once that there had been a course for promoting practical use of hand-to-hand combat. It has since been canceled and the problem it would have alleviated persists.

If you wish to control your own fate rather than wait for another to do so for you, be at the training field adjacent to the dojo at six o'clock tomorrow morning. A new class will begin then. Come prepared.

[And if anyone has a problem with a thirteen-year old instructor, they can be his first volunteer.]

Practical demonstrations will be given, though more a variety of volunteers would make this more effective.

[Private to Saya]

I'll be waiting at the training grounds, Otonashi.

{OOC: Action is closed to Saya.}

I had heard it last night but I hadn't thought...

Is everyone alright? I know Acumen said it was just damage to the graveyard, but I wanted to be sure. It's so close to Sector 0...it's a bit scary that something like that happened so near here. I don't think I've heard anything like that happen before though, I know there have been some things that have happened since I came here but never an explosion.

I just hope it doesn't happen again..

[After dinner, Al went off to go work on his secret project. And now there is a suit of armor carrying Al's unconscious body around. For anyone who knew Alphonse from home, the armor looks very familiar. It's an exact replica of the one that was in Al's father's study at home, the one that he lived in for four years.

The armor is heading in the direction of the Tringham home. Approach?]

[One of the things that Father used Envy for had been gathering information. Normally, the homunculus is pretty good at its task. That's proving rather difficult here. Looks like there's a way to have secure conversations. Most of this is beyond Envy's understanding at this moment. This stuff is just too advanced for Amestris, and Envy is having to resort to something it hasn't really had to do in a while: go to a library. Like it is going to ask help from a human or someone who might as well be one! It will try to figure this out on its own, thank you very much.

Though it isn't working so well. There's a pile of books just tossed aside into a pile. Doesn't look like there's much about this place, let alone how to work the little device still on the homunculus' head.]

Damn it!

[Toss! There goes another book. Envy doesn't care what gets damaged in the process. It rubs at its forehead, not bothering to hide any irritation. This is just a waste of time... What it can read it just doesn't completely get it. Envy is not the most patient. To prove this point, Envy punches the table, leaving quite an impressive mark in it!]

Going to have to do this another way.

Okay! Okay, okay, so. I need some opinions, okay?

Let's say I want to ask this Acumen guy to return something to me. Is there anything I can do before that to, you know, raise the probability of him actually doing it for me?

[Risa has discovered the Pet Cafe. She doesn't plan to get a pet - she's sure Takami-senpai wouldn't like one, and doesn't know about Akane's view on them either - but so many cute little animals! Some she's never seen before!

She's got a blissful smile on her face as she wanders around, petting bunnies and wiggling her fingers at kittens and gaping at the tiny dragons.

She never notices that a tiny balloon appears to be following her around. Will someone else?]

[ She tries to hide the worry behind exasperation, but it doesn't quite work. She hasn't seen Minako since yesterday and...maybe she really had disappeared...it seemed like a common occurrence here. ]

If you're still here Minako-chan - then please answer.


ooc: action = everywhere

[Euphie's actually been feeling a little better after another long nap. In fact, she's practically sitting up if you ignore all the pillows keeping her in place as she makes her video post. She's still in pink pajamas and she looks tired, but she doesn't sound as sluggish as before.]

It's hard not to think about sleep with so much of it going on. Does anyone have any favorite bedtime stories or lullabies they want to share?

[Anyone near the kitchen in the shelter might notice a not-appealing set of fumes wafting out the door and into the corridors. If brave enough to venture inside, one would find a semi-conscious Komui, beakers in hand, some sort of steaming mixture being swirled in his right hand while -- is that a battery dissolving in coffee? -- waits in his left.]

[He needs... to stay awake. His chin is resting on the counter, glasses askew, eyelids looking very heavy. He places a beaker down long enough to rub his eyes, try (and fail) to straighten his beret, turning his communicator on in the process.]

--s to work, gotta find... Lenalee. [Speech is taking a good deal of effort, but that doesn't stop his rambling.] Komuvitamin E, s'what I'll call it. E for energy... endurance... um. Eeeeeeee...-ven better than coffee?

[Now that Latias got Toothless his communicator back, he can make a talking post!]

Hello. Hiccup calls me Toothless. I am looking for him. Does anyone know where he is? His name is Hiccup. He is a human. Not a dragon. He has red fur.

[The audio feed begins with the voice of a young girl seemingly responding aloud to the message she first reads from the communicator.]

-- eh? Criminal?...

B-b-b-but I didn't do anything!!

[She pauses, reading through the message again.]

U-underwater?!

[Another moment's silence, as she looks about; the environment certainly doesn't look like it's underwater, after all.]

... But it doesn't look like I'm underwater at all... Strange...

[well. someone clearly hasn't been reading in detail.]

[So, you guys are going on your daily routine, before an accidental audio feed comes your way. It appears he didn't realize that the thing on his head records his voice, there are more pressing matters to be dealt with.]

This...

Urgh, dammit. D-did it work?

[He sounds exhausted. But it doesn't feel that bad. The first thing he noticed is his wounds, which have slightly healed.]

What manner of place is this?

{Now he notices his surrounding, and you can hear a grunt as he probably scooted out of the bed. You can then hear him reading the welcoming message by Acumen. He apparently also took the time fiddling with the communicator, before he speaks again, but this time he knows that this is going to be broadcast.]

Do any one of you know a dragon by the name Latias, or a human boy named Ash?

[The communicator unknowingly turns on and you can hear Shirley's speaking a bit quietly to herself at this point, her voice sounds a bit uncertain, because she has just read the welcome message]

...A prison? This can't be right, can't it? Though...maybe it can, I can't really--

[She stops midsentence, and starts speaking into the communicator now that she realizes it's on]

Hello? Is anyone out there?

[She pauses as she glances down at her clothes, realizing they're covered in blood. She hesitates for a moment before speaking up again]

Ah- it looks like I need some new clothes too,...with how they look now at least. Maybe there's a place around here that can help me with that?

[There’s some fumbling for a minute as Barry gets acquainted with this new piece of technology, but once he understands what he’s doing, he goes off on a tangent.] Hey hey hey hey! What’s the meaning of this? I’m not a criminal! This is some kind of mistake! You can’t just lock people up for no good reason, and without a trial-…! Unacceptable! When I get my hands on the people responsible for this, I’ll fine them a million- no, a billion as compensation for this! Gaaaah!

...!!!!! ANY MY POKÈMON ARE GONE, TOO?! Oh no no no no no NO! You can’t kidnap me up for crimes I didn’t commit and then steal my Pokèmon from me! I’ll triple your fine! Now let me out!