Hello, ducks. It seems that we've received another wave of new members recently-- I apologize for not being able to greet each of you personally, but it seems I've been a bit busier lately after taking in someone new.

... I don't mind, though. It's been... very nice, to take care of a child again. And such a sweet-natured girl, as well.

Oh! I'm sorry, I wandered off-topic. I meant to greet all of the newcomers. My name is Higuchi Shia-- if any of you need any questions answered, I'll do my best to help, although I still don't know very much about computers they're such strange and complicated machines...

[Ichigo is sitting in his bare room, with the laptop, and thus the camera both on the floor. He's, as usual, shirtless, and taping up his ribs, and the various wounds inflicted while throwing himself into training. Serious, but not hostile, he looks up at the camera.]


Oi, Tyki? You don't know me, and I don't know you, but since we're both caught up in this little shitstorm, think it's time to straighten some stuff out.

I've got a couple questions, and since I'm not getting straight answers, I figured I'd try talking to you directly. I'd rather do this in person, but I guess this is the next best thing.

So. How about it?

Pro-tip: don't ever google yourself. I've seen things I never needed to. Though, it does explain where Maraich got all those ideas about Axel and me.

Anyway, straight to the point: what's the worst thing you've found looking yourself up on Google? Did you find out your terrible future? (Wow, that one's actually... pretty depressing.) Scary tentacle porn? Poorly written stories about you and your worst enemy?

If you've never done it, seriously, don't go do it now.

...

<sub>Hnnh... I wanted to order Chinese, and look where it got me.

I'm never trusting Otacon's computer again.</sub>

Well, since my choices are between 1) believing this whole comm is a big prank pulled by Tseng of all people, 2) believing that this is all a crazy mako dream and I'm still stuck in the lab, or 3) this place is for real... I choose option 3.

So, hey! I'm new, totally clueless, and having a blast. For those of you not from Gaia, I'm Zack Fair, SOLDIER 1st Class! Er, former SOLDIER, I guess, since I'm sure as hell not working for Shinra anymore. Remember that name; I'll be a hero yet, just you watch.

Where are you from? What are your worlds like? Do you have monsters, and machines, and magic, and mako? Are you even human? Can you fly, or go to space, or visit other worlds? Are you at peace or at war, and why?

One thing's for sure, I'm not gonna be bored while I'm lying low!

[Audio cuts in on a hammer blow to someone's face before Nate starts talking] In case you hadn’t noticed, the lady’s still using that life-essence.

[He and Exodus start fighting again, and you can faintly hear someone on the ground, two people, actually. Something about giving back a gun before several shots are discharged, only to be veered off-course by a telekinetic shield. The audio cuts out with static -]

How is this possible... that a being of so much power and potential can exist - yet hardly be tapped. [-then back in. Exodus is speaking in a mixture of awe and horror at the sheer power Nate's showing at this point]

SHUT UP! I'm not gonna let this place become like that! [Nate then punches Exodus, HARD, and lifts them both into the air telekinetically, the wind whipping around them] The innocent need never again to fear the demon lord. [ He then throws Exodus into the crevasse created by their fight, ignoring his screams and uses his power to lift the very earth and close the gap, trapping him there. He then falls to the snow with a THUMP.]

NATE!

(Natey here will reply ICly in a few hours after he is revived by Cable. 8D;)

[The video starts and you see Rose, in her leather armor, sitting in front of the camera. Something is different though. For one, she is not her usual cold and stoic self. In fact she is actually smirking, and the look in her violet eyes can almost be described as insane. In the background you can just see a very confused little black dragon.]

Hello, ducks~ [The tone of her voice sounds almost seductive]

As of late, I've been a bit bored. Is there someone here who will be willing to entertain me?

And when I say 'entertain' I either mean giving me a good fight where blood is drawn, or showing me a good time. [chuckles softly and smirks again] I don't think I would have to go into details on what I mean by a 'good time.'

((ooc: Eris messed with Rose's personality. Remember the alignment virus that happened way back? Well Rose is acting the way she did during that virus, which is pretty much as a blood thirst harlot. All replies will be video.))

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If I were to list every mistake I'd ever made in my youth, it would require a week of free time and quite a lot of patience.

I do rather wish I'd been less of a prat at times.

((OOC: Have to go back to work in a few minutes, so replies may take a while.))

I wish to know about Rose's whereabouts last night. Any information on who she may have seen or spoken with is appreciated.

Mr. Lussuria has informed me that Mr. Gokudera is getting married to Miss Ryuuzaki! Everybody is invited, but it seems like they're too shy to do anything themselves, so...

WE SHOULD ALL PLAN A WEDDING FOR THEM!!!

...

So how exactly do you plan a wedding?

Any suggestions??

Attention, all! Bertie Wooster here! Shuichi has got us all set up, apparently, on his world, at [location]. He gave a brief descript, and it sounds like the ceilings are high enough for any you tall, metallic types that may want to turn up, and.

Oh, hold on, I've got things in the wrong order. As you know, I've been setting up a club for all the decent chaps on this commu-whatsit, and today is the day of the first meeting!

Jeeves and I will be popping over first, but drop in if you can!

((ooc: meeting is here! :http://callmebertie.livejournal.com/4103.html))

... whoa.

Guys. Guys, jesus, look.

[a camera clicks on and visible is Stopmo City-- but-- wait. It's rebuilt. The city is back in all it's cybergawth glory-- the paper laterns remained, but it now has a gothic edge. It's kind of really beautiful. When Rain speaks, although he's masked in the video, the edge he usually forces into his voice is gone-- he actually just sounds like a normal person, not the ~hardcore vigilante he pretends to be.]

Guys, I don't know how in the world it happened, but it's back. Stopmo City's back how it should be-- hell, better. This is crazy, but not the bad kind, yknow?




[more quietly;] Maybe everybody'll come back now. Everybody that lived, anyways.

[The video clicks back off.]

So I guess this means my work here's done.

... it's weird, yknow? I never thought I'd actually be done. But everything's back the way it should be.

... well, this is weird. What do I do now?



((Anybody wanna give him something to do? >:) I'm bored and need to get Rain up in another plot, so! Any suggestions, ladies and gents?))

... How far would you go for the power to protect your friends?  Could... anything give you such a power?

I never want to be helpless again.

....

The next one of you foul meatbags to imply that I/my race -Decepticons that is I care not about the Autobots - am/are a robot, I will rip your fragging head off and make you enjoy it as much as I will.

And if you are not in my world, I will find some way of doing it, this I promise you.

Robots are cheaply meatbag reverse engineered things from Lord Megatron which are a foul blight on my race. >(

No, I am not bored. Much.

{{ OOC: Ex-posted to his journal. }}

Over a week he'd spent with hands occupied; folding, spindling, trial and error until they flowed easy and mindless. Just a fiddly thing to occupy away the hours, fill them with activity and motion until he'd lost count and had to backtrack. At least twice. Still, the results were piled into a basket, roughed together in one huge pile of multi-colored cranes. From every imaginable paper - napkins, notebook, all the pages ripped free from his magical 'drama drama duck' book until Kurama had insisted he choose another source. From crepe paper, frilly little wings looking as though a breath would dissolve them away, to sturdy cardboard that had barely retained the shape.

It was six in the morning when he'd folded the last one and counted back, shocked at himself when the tally totaled up. "Huh," he scratched at his hair, grinned crookedly, and crept on silent feet towards Kurama's room. The fox would be sleeping, always attempting and never managing to match the bat's nocturnal schedule. This was worth the surprise.

He pressed the door open with a creak, approaching the bed and the redhead sprawled across the sheets, and lifted one of the cranes, weaving fog and youki around its origami neck. The smoke misted out across the floor, billowing away from the bat as he conjured his favorite illusion - this time it was cranes he levitated, dozens of them, rather than sickles and blades.

"Rama... wake up, yeah? You're gunna wanna see this," his eyes sparkle on video - as he pulls the book from his pocket and tosses it on the side-table, giving a lovely view of all the cranes.

He lifts the basket, and upends it over the bed, hundreds of small shapes tumbling and fluttering down around the drowsing fox. "Rise 'n shine 'n make a wish!" 


[ ooc:  video post! Not a log. I j-just got wordy. XD; ]

Hope I got this right...

DramaDramaDuck, right? That's what this website is? I think I saw Yukiko use it a few times, but she didn't seem to have much to say about it, or she didn't want to say much about it. "It's nothing, it's nothing!" is what she would tell me, but this sure doesn't look like nothing to me.

So, what's the point of this place anyway? Is it a kind of...dating site? Is that why Yukiko didn't want to say anything about it? Hmm, I bet. Aw, but she doesn't have to be so shy about that kind of stuff when it comes to me. Well, I guess I do have kind of a big mouth sometimes, haha. And I'm kinda rambling, aren't I?

Oh, I'm Chie Satonaka by the way.



[OOC; OH YEAH I'm going to run off to grab dinner then bathe soon, so if tags are slow or suddenly stop, that's why. Might also hit the sack a bit early. |)]

I thought everyone might need something to cheer them up. I think this song will do it!

What songs makes you feel better?

[The video clicks on to show a kitten-- one of ShinRa's actually-- sniffing the camera and blocking the view. After a moment, the cat moves away to show the rest of the room, revealing a large black panther lounging on Kaito's bed. The panther is watching the kittens as they pounce around Kaito's room, knocking things off of the shelves and tearing up his pillows, spreading feathers everywhere.

After a moment, on the corner of the screen the viewer can see that the door opens. Kaito freezes in the doorway and stares at the trio of cats for a moment, a confused look decorating his features]

... wha--? Dark Nation, what are you--?

[Before he can finish, the panther leaps off the bed and right at Kaito, who yelps and turns to run, but is too late as the panther pins him to the ground. The video feed cuts off as the kitten on the desk accidentally knocks it a second time]

((All replies will be icly some time later when Kaito gets the cats under control. XD Permission granted from Setine!))

[Locked from people he doesn't like. It should be obvious if he doesn't like someone, but if you aren't sure go ahead and ask.]
Ok, as some of you should have realized by now, Phoenix has been missing. I'm not about to sit around and wait for someone else to find him, so I went to see what I could find.

I checked out his apartment. It's obvious police were there... Why do they have to be so sloppy? His wallet, cell phone and badge were all there. It didn't look like anyone tried to break in. All of his suits were accounted for, so he must be in casual clothes.
It was a little hard looking through some of it without the lights, but there was only one thing that looked out of place. There was some sort of strange cube sitting by his couch. I'm not sure what it's supposed to be.

I checked his office, too. Everything looked pretty normal. A bit messy, but he was like that anyway. Some messages from different clients. I took down their names, I'll get to them later.

And I got a hold of his phone records and took down the numbers. I'll be checking them, too. His mobile phone was dead... I'll have to find some place to plug it in.

So, right now, it's looking like he left his apartment, didn't go to his office and something happened to him somewhere else. Wherever he went he didn't expect that he'd need his wallet or phone. It's a little strange to go very far without those things, so he probably planned on staying close by.
I'm going to have to start a field investigation.
[/Locked]

If anyone has any information concerning Phoenix's disappearance, I have accumulated many valuable and rare items over time. I'm sure I can make it worth your while.
And if anyone can help do some field work it would be appreciated. Los Angeles is a big city and I have a lot of ground to cover. The longer he's missing... the less likely it is he'll ever be found.

[Locked to Phoenix]
Phoenix, please respond to this if you're there. If you're in trouble or hiding somewhere just tell me. I have a good job and plenty of money. We can work things out. Everyone is worried about you.
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