Has it been exceedingly hot where you are lately? I know summer's hot, but it seems as though it's even hotter this year...

This site really is something. It seems people post about just about anything, whether others are listening or not...and some things don't even make sense from what I read. What compels you all to be so forthcoming?

There's the sound of soft music floating about in the air as much as the cherry blossom that are littered through out the estate. You see a young man in a Kimono, eyes closed as his hands danced over the instrument swift and gentle as the wind. The song comes to an end a moment later.

"That was very good, Kazuki. You truly have mastered our art in all ways I hoped you would"

"Thank you, mother" he smiled.

"I believe you have a visitor now," the tall dark haired woman said stepping aside to reveal Juubei in the doorway.

"Juubei," Kazuki's eyes lit up seeing his best friend.

"I'm sorry for being so rude," he bowed to his mother and turned to Kazuki. "I was on my way so see my mother and Sakura and heard your playing. It's truly beautiful and would soothe even a bear in pain"

Kazuki blushed a bit at the praise. "It's not that special, Juubei. Just reflecting the lessons I've learned thus far"

"Pardon me, mistress" a voice said behind them as the trio looked to see one of the other servants standing nearby. "I believe it's time for the young master's next lesson"

"I should be going anyway," Juubei said. "I'll see you soon, Kazuki" he smiled.

"Bye Juubei," he waved then turned to gather up his instrument, but paused looking over at his mother who was standing there silently. "Mother?"

"It's nothing, Kazuki," she smiled before turning and exiting out the door, leaving him alone in the room. He gets an uneasy feeling for a moment before finishing gathering his things and going on to his next lesson

ooc: unaware of being affected...is with his mother and clan members once more in their household

I apologize for my absence. Been a bit detained with work; however, it seems in my short time, this place progresses along very quickly and it seems people here are curious about all sorts of topics. I'll try to check some of those out at some point

Makubex requested that I assist in more data collecting from this monitor while he's working from his mother computer. Sakura-san is out today, even though she normally assists him, and I'm certain he wouldn't have anything on these computers that weren't beneficial to his goals either; however, I'm not quite clear as to how logging onto this sort of network is of any help to him as it doesn't seem to have anything to do with what he deals with on a daily basis. He's always had good judgment, so there's no reason to doubt that he doesn't know what he's doing.

 So, uh, Valentine's Day is coming up and all. And I don't really know what to get her. Because I haven't seen her in weeks, really, and I don't know if she's on an I hate Tim again binge right now or not, but just in case, I want to get her something. Are flowers and chocolates too tacky? I want to get her something nice, but I don't want to walk in with a cliche and have her kick my butt. 

Anybody have a suggestion? 

 Uhm. I don't usually...bother with these things, but since everything that's happened, lately...Well maybe doing normal teenage stuff is healthy for me. Right? Right. Man this is the internet, this shouldn't be so awkward. So, uh, anyway.

Hi. I'm Tim.

I have no idea what else to say. And I don't think I've felt this awkward since middle school. Hn. Middle school really sucked...

But, uh, I guess that's it? I mean, no secret codes I'm missing....I'm pretty sure I would have picked up on that. Yeah. Maybe? Okay, I promise I'm not going to ramble anymore. So, hey, my name's Tim, I'm a senior in Gotham High School, and I'm nerd enough to be around the computer for a while. So, uh, nice to meet you all.

Greetings, I am Kazuki Fuuchouin. I am an annaiya; I gather information at a price. I have also been known to work with Ginji and Ban in some of their cases.
From my sources and observations I find this community intriguing, especially it's world hopping.
I look forward to meeting everyone and working with potential clients.

Hm...It seems quite a few of the community's members have been affected by this new 'illness', or whatever you happen to call it. This is quite a bizarre twist.

Tell me, does this community get plagued by sicknesses often? And if so, could you possibly explain to me how many different ones have formed and how long they tend to last?

Ban, Ginji Sir, have either of you experienced sudden changes in your personalities as well? I can't say it wouldn't be interested to observe a 180 for you, Ban, but I do worry about how this could affect Ginji...