War Is Coming Communications.

[Thea Queen]

I've been talking to a young girl on the network. Her name is Hope and she arrived in town just a couple of days before the quake. She's been more or less living wherever she could find a place since then and has no one from her world here.

I didn't want to say anything to her without asking you but would you mind if I invited her to stay with me? The room I have is big enough to put a small bed in for her.

Thanks to a combination of modern medicine and Jedi healing, I'm happy to report that my ankle is good as new. No more crutches, kriff I hated those things.

So today I'm going to see what I can do to help with the cleanup. Giles, do you need any help at the Magic Box? If not, I'll check in at a few other places.

Ben, I'm fine so don't even bother telling me that I shouldn't be out climbing rubble yet.

Has it really been a week since the earthquake?

[Skye]

I'm sorry I missed your birthday.

It'll take a full year probably before I'm used to holidays here, but in general I think I'm beginning to get used to being here. Of course about the time the place started to feel like home, I'm having to get used to a new location. That's not all bad though.

Also I lifted quite a bit of rubble out of Sanctuary. If anyone has things they were missing, or stuff - I mean, a lot was destroyed, but I might be able to tell you if I saw it, or help you go through what's left.

[Filter: Thea]

Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for taking me and Mom in after all of this. It's good to have some place friendly to stay.

Is Sanctuary really gone?

This week has sucked pretty epically. We've lost a lot of people. Most of us have lost our homes and the majority of our belongings, if not all of them. I probably came out of this luckier than most, but it still sucks. We have a lot to mourn for.

But - and this is probably going to piss some people off - we have a lot to be grateful for, too. This week has sucked, but it could have been so much worse. We'll band together. We'll rebuild. We'll keep living, because that's what you do, even when things get bad.

Now, I know you probably don't feel like celebrating right now, but I think we should. I think we should celebrate the fact that we're still alive and that the world didn't end. Regina and I were planning a BBQ for tomorrow, anyway, and we're still going to do it. It'll be at my cabin, the one near the graveyard, and yeah, it's not quite as awesome as the house was, but there'll be good food, there'll be plenty to drink and most importantly, there'll be good company.

Tomorrow afternoon, starting around 1. You're all invited. Once the sun goes down, there'll even be a cool light show.

There is no part of me that doesn't hurt.

At least the worst I ended up with is a broken ankle. My condolences to those of you who lost loved ones. I wish there was something I could do to help with the clean up but I'm out of commission for a few days.

Thea, thank you for giving us a place to stay.

[Ben/Jacen]

Thank you. I'd tried everything I knew to move that stuff but nothing was working. Thank you both for finding me and getting me out of there.

Maybe you have changed, Jacen

Kriff filters.

Ben. Mara. Check in.

Someone look after the twins. I can start moving debris.

Skye. With what you do, Can you help me? Don't need maybes. Yes or no.

Anyone else useful to this get to Sanctuary or Greaves.

I can't find Ben. Has anyone seen him? I hope he's not gone. If you do see him, please tell him I'm okay.

Since I don't have anyone to look for, if you need to get a message to someone you can leave it here and I'll do my best.

I think the seal's taken Dawn and Faith.  This sucks, like big time.

With Giles gone, I've taken over ownership of the Magic Box.  Not that I have any clue about how to run a business.

Anyone want a job running a magic shop?  Someone who at least knows what half the stuff we sell is would be a good start.

Seriously?

That was truly bizarre and I've seen plenty of bizarre things. Thank god the old fossil died so I'm not a bigamist. Although I don't think I would have been anyway since I was manipulate but you can't be too careful.

It's good to be out or back or whatever.

Ben, please tell me you weren't watching.



[OOC: Mara had to marry the old goat who died in the middle of the ceremony and she was done]

Okay, that was bizarre.

But, I'm back. Finally. How is everyone?

Today is the day. I will be married to the love of my life at two pm this afternoon. The wedding is at his estate, you are all invited.

Kriff I hope this is the end of this because I feel like a fool

I can't believe you don't see how wrong this is, Mara.

Really. Why are British people always cast as villains. It's a completely ridiculous stereotype which the American Screenwriters keep using.

You cannot marry my grandfather tomorrow.

I don't understand why everyone thinks I'm a slut just because I want to date a seventy five year old man with a bad heart and prostate cancer who happens to own half of Los Angeles.

What's wrong with that?

I have to say that it's nice to feel like myself again. Hunting vampires just isn't me. It was also very strange not knowing what to do with my light saber. Glad that's over.

Declan was one month old today. It's crazy to think it's been a whole month. It's crazy to think it's only been a month when it feels like so much has happened. Lawrence, you are definitely not boring in the least.

( Lissa )

Hey, um Your Majesty, I feel like we haven't really had a chance to get to know each other, but I'd like to fix that, if you have time. Maybe we could grab lunch or something.

( Dimitri )

Hey, how are you holding up?

That was mostly rhetorical, but answer me, anyway.

( Buffy )

I could use a good workout. You game for a good sparring session?

I'm beginning to think that I need to stop drinking. This is really not the place I went to sleep in. I don't remember drinking that much but that's the only reasonable logical explanation for this, right?

I have to get home. Pepper is going to be pissed if I'm late for dinner again. There really are only so many times you can use alien armies from outerspace.