Community, have you ever lost somebody important to you because they lived on a different world?

[while so far this girl has been very careful about internet safety-- always using text or audio, never making herself identifiable on video, not revealing her real name or location-- today she's in full view of the camera, sitting on the big window seat in her bedroom and playing her guitar]

[this, of course, means that this post is completely accidental and community-caused]

[she plays a tune for a little bit, every once in a while singing unidentifiable lyrics under her breath-- but when she hits the chorus, she sings a bit louder]

'Cause you had a bad day, the comm is on crack, a new virus hits and throws your life out of whack--

-- No, that sucks.

[that's right community, she's writing a parodied song about this place; have fun with that]

[unfortunately, she seems very distracted-- she strums a few more cords, then groans and stands up, going over to stick her head out of her bedroom door and yell:]

Ma! How do you get rid of tinnicus?

[a woman's voice can be heard in the distance, somewhere else in the house:]

Tinnicus, Iz? Do you mean tinnitus? A buzzing in your ears?

[then the video cuts out]

[Athena is standing against a wall at the Esaka train station, dressed up pretty nicely. She reaches into her purse and pulls out her phone, looking a the time. She had already been waiting for half an hour due to her own anxiousness. The time was now five o'clock, so he should arrive any time, right? She slips the phone back into her purse and continues waiting with a smile on her face, despite the fact that she's getting some looks by people who are walking by.]

[The accidental video feed ends with her still waiting there. She'll get back to comments later!]

....

This is pretty lame! Not only am I babysitting the twerp, I'm stuck watching a stupid vase! The vase is supposedly worth more then I would ever make! I don't understand how they can afford something like that and not give me a raise! Stupid vase... It doesn't even look like it's worth a whole lot of money.

[So this starts off as clearly accidental, as for at least two minutes it's just a static image of a door... until there's an explosion that knocks the door of it's hinges and a thick cloud of black smoke comes out of it. Strong enough to rock the foundations judging from the shaking of the camera too. There's an English accented voice yelling "Shiho!" before it goes black.

Suddenly it cuts back on featuring a sooty and frazzled Haibara, this time very clear as a purposeful video. She coughs softly a moment, a puff of smoke coming out of her mouth.]

So. I blew up my lab. Someone, [She shoots a glare off camera] switched my organic solvent with nitroglycerin and my luciferin with butonol... well, short version: Bad chemicals, big boom. Before anyone asks, everyone here's fine, even Koizumi. Cousin Saguru's already working on the process of rebuilding and even promised sound proofed walls but that's going to take a decent amount of time.

Add in the fact that summer vacation is coming up, I was wondering if anyone would be willing to take me in for a week or two? Have a multiuniversal "grand tour" while everything gets handled, if you will. I can pay if needed.

I thought I'd managed to rid myself of this disgusting duck place! Why after all this time is it back again?!

[Good afternoon Ducks! On your screen is a grubby, mussed Ken Hidaka. In his hands, he's holding a wad of orange fabric.]

Hey, just a quick question. Do you ever think a redhead should wear something like this? Especially once as strikingly pale as Aya?

Come on, everyone. Let's all team up and tell him he can't save old, ugly clothes like this.