[A giant ball of snow is seen hurtling towards what looks like a humongous lobster made of snow. A claw gets blown off by the snowball, but the snowkaju lobster is nonplussed as it swipes its remaining claw at its attacker; one certain pink puff.

To his credit, Kirby isn't injured or even tired, but he is rather miffed. So much for relative peace and quiet, hmm? He leaps away from the claw and sucks up another ball of snow to spit out.

This one lands right on the head of the lobster, and it tumbles backwards. It loses it balance and falls, and with a loud PAF it disintegrates when it hits the ground - it is made of snow, after all.

Kirby exhales sharply. He looks at the big snowpile that used to be the lobster. With any luck, it won't reform. since when were Ducks lucky?]

[Kirby is back at his house. He's in front of a mirror, fussing over something.

As he twists and pulls, it becomes apparent that there are small angel wings on his back. Naturally, he has no idea what to make of this.]

EEE!

[Looks like he tugged a little too hard there.]

It is too quiet.

I will go detonate something big.

[It has been a little while since Kirby realized he had a problem. The assorted shiny gems and rocks in his house are finally mostly put into a little earthen shed Kirby managed to quickly cobble together after the compulsion to Hoard said shinies left him.

Wiping his brow, Kirby turns to his house and enters.

What in the... What's going on here?

He just emptied his house, and now it's filled with stuff again? Kirby's eyes go wide as he sees that said stuff bears his likeness. Even the cloud outside looks like him.]

Ehhh?

[The big beanstalk outside has a big painting of Kirby, as he finds out when he leaves his house and looks at it.

Needless to say, Kirby's been thrown for a loop.]

[After much time and effort, Kirby has finally managed to obtain the second Grand Sun Stone! As it pours its energy down onto the giant Dreamstalk, the third floating island reveals itself.

Kirby takes the Grand Sun Stone, gets on his Warp Star... and flies back to his house? When he opens the door, one can see the many, many gems and shiny things littered about.

Kirby puts the Grand Sun Stone into one of the dwindling spaces in his house. He beams proudly.

He might have a problem.]

9OOC: Yep, virus.)

I am back.

I took a ride on a Crazy Train.

It was enlightening and now I want enetron barbecue.

CHRISTMAS LIST

I know you're just gonna say "Only Santa-san brings presents, and you're not a kid, so you don't get anything!" But I don't care! I bet some of you guys get presents from everyone. I want presents from everyone, too. So here's my awesome Christmas list! You guys can post yours too or something.

★Food
★Manga with cute love stories and awesome things
★More sunglasses for my hero costume. I lost the other ones. I couldn't find them after I threw them off dramatically like everyone else does.
★K'nex to build more stuff
★More blankets because it's cold
★Cool things to look at
★Everything to be the same way and safe and fun forever.
★Something that makes noise
★500 yen so I can go to the print club machine and take a bunch of pictures because that's what all the cool people do
★Uh...

I can't think of anything else. What else should I ask for?

[It's a beautiful day in one of the sky islands! Boulders are rolling down half-pipes at regular intervals, Waddle Dee lumberjacks bring home wood, and a certain pink someone is sitting down on a grassy clearing and having a nice snack. Hey, heroing is hard work!

He is also sporting what look like prehensile pool noodles from his body, and try as he might, he hasn't quite gotten the hang of controlling them.]

Ach.

[One pool noodle grabs the orange he was about to eat.]

Ee!

[As he starts to wrestle with the new limb, Kirby notices the feed is on. He gives an utterly dumbfounded expression to the camera, as if he is lost and the community may know the way forward.]

[Ah, it's the beginning of another sunrise in Dream Land. The grassland is as idyllic as ever, and there is a small dome building in the feed that belongs to a certain someone we should all know (by now)]

( Kirby's House. )

[Our little planet saviour can be seen catching his forty winks through the window. Awwww.

It looks like the start of yet another peaceful day.

Ah, who is this mun trying to jest? This is Pop Star!

( A royal kidnapping )

[It's Kirby again, and he's at a beach. Crystal blue water, smooth yellow sand, clear sky, life is looking good.

As he is frolicking about, he comes across a sand castle! Obviously he didn't make it, but it's a pretty detailed castle all things considered.

As he is about to turn away, two small figures appear on top of him! Both resemble Kirby, but one is wearing thickset glasses and a dark blue tie, while the other is a multicoloured mess of random accessories and makeup. The latter starts speaking at the understandably surprised Kirby.]

Try adding eggshells to the castle!

[The glasses "Kirby" responds with disdain:]

That is a waste of perfectly good eggs and you know it. Besides, how do you know if that won't ruin it? Kirby didn't make the castle.

Aw, c'mon! The owner could really like eggshells! Oooh, make them striped!

[As the two start arguing, Kirby just rubs his head. He has no idea what's going on.]

(OOC: It's Kirby's Silly Side and his Serious Side!)

[It's Kirby!

He is poking at looks like a big yellow star.

He is now hanging for dear life on the big yellow star, which is now zipping haphazardly around the place.

Oh dear.]

[The video opens on a girl holding a book. Though at first it's tricky to tell who the one reading is, after a few seconds she lowers it and raises an eyebrow as she curiously looks at the camera.]

...Well, now.

[Yep, it's Yuri, back again after an absence of several months.]

This is unexpected. [A slight smile appears on her face.] Though not unwelcome. Really, I was starting to think I'd never see this place again. I guess I was wrong there.

I hope I haven't missed too much.

[The video opens on a desert. While at first it looks fairly normal, just your average barren wasteland with cliffs, it's quickly clear that this isn't the case. Firstly, rather than being blue, the sky looks like someone opened up a computer.

Secondly? Well, there's the strange, demonic looking biker who's shooting at a bunch of smaller monsters floating in the air. It's not a very exciting fight, though. It takes just one shot from the biker's gun to tear through about a third of the monsters. It's over in a flash and the monsters pretty much disintegrate, leaving only glowing particles... which the demon biker proceeds to absorb.]

Heh! That was barely even worth the effort! Talk about pathetic.

[Huh. Isn't that odd? This guy's voice almost sounds like a deeper, more threatening version of a certain fireball-throwing pest.

He's almost about to walk off, when he stops and turns, noticing the device that's filming everything. He casually walks over to it and picks it up, looking straight into the camera.]

Well now, would you look at that? And here I thought this thing just got sick of me and kicked me out permanently. It sure as hell wouldn't have been the first to... But I guess I can't get rid of it that easily.

S'been a while, though, so I'd better introduce myself, huh? The name's Beelzemon. Don't forget it.

Unusual customer visits restaurant, almost drives it out of business

Satori's Meat House reached record expenses for all 16 years of its operation today, when a patron no one could have expected showed up.

"It was like a swarm of locusts appeared in the middle of the building and made all the food disappear," Aino Hiroma, another customer who bore witness to the incident, recounts. "This pink ball with legs literally sucked up the entire buffet, faster than any human could eat."

Fortunately, not only was no one hurt by this supreme display of gluttony, the apparently not quite human visitor was able to pay for (presumably) his meal with a ticket.

Soon after, the town was awash with activity, as claims of government secret weapon testing, aliens, and even fairies saturated the social media sites, news stations, and telephones.

The strange visitor himself could not be reached for comment.

"I just hope this won't be a repeat occurrence," says Megashi Sai, owner. "How did he manage to get a ticket anyway?"

[Video]

Ermeii~

[Kirby sure is content! He's practically skipping back to his house.]

A video from a new source comes to life: the view is framed by ledgers within a tastefully appointed study; the subject, a seated young androgynous person turned in mid-conversation toward a mild man.

" - the payments are accounted for? I'd like to know now while I'm doing the finances."

The man gave a bow, obviously a subordinate. "Yes. The first shipment has been set out for testing, last I heard. We have received Her Majesty's first payment in full."

"Excellent. You may go." With a casual wave of their hand, they turned back to their open ledger as the man left.

For a minute or two more, they attended to the ledger, checking columns and occasionally making a mark on the pages. Soon, however, they noticed they were being watched, nudging aside books to grasp the camera. The view shifts, clearly being set on the desk before them, as they fiddle with the device, blue eyes flicking as they read. Soon enough they notice the camera and, with a gasp, turn the video off.

When the video returns, the person is front and center, not a stray hair out of place, their makeup refreshed. With a sweet smile and hands demurely folded, they make their introduction.

"Greetings, community. I hope to become well acquainted, and you may call me Kuja." A deep nod, like a noble addressing their peers, "A most intriguing discovery, for while on the outside this appears to be a common pocket notebook, within is a technology of the like not to be seen on this planet! I hope you may be my gracious hosts as I make my discoveries through this most magnificent book, and that this be a fortuitous start of a long career!"

With that flowery speech, the video ends.

[The room is brightly lit, a house in a familiar home. How much time has passed? It seems like forever since there's a school uniform clearly in view.

And then, a taller figure stretches on her chair, and laughs.] So now I know! The Internet is for Porn! Who would have thought that after all this time after access was cut off that I got it back now and the first thing I see is doujinshi?

[She swings the camera up. Oh my god it's Hayate. And she's older now. Her eyes sparkle with mischief as the swell of womanly curves in puberty are clearly shown under the sweater she's wearing.] Yohooo community! Guess who's back for round two!

[the video feed comes in dim and flickering, like the camera is snapping on and off or being covered by someone... turning... pages? The sound of rustling paper certainly indicates the latter.

There are glimpses of an elaborate ceiling high above in the gloom, domed and painted bright colours, perhaps a palace or a temple. Closer to the 'camera' is the face of a young woman with grey eyes and long ash brown hair, tied back in a ponytail. It definitely isn't Takiko, but the post seems to be coming from Takiko's journal...?

The young woman is frowning, her expression becoming more and more suspicious as she continues to flip through pages. She doesn't seem to care that the front of her sleeping robe is gaping open, revealing boobs and a heavy swath of bandages running diagonally across her chest and a — mark? tattoo? — of the Japanese symbol for 'woman', 女, just below her collarbone. Enjoy the show, ducks.

She's downright scowling by the time she reaches the end of the entries, muttering a quick curse and an 'Idiot girl' as she looks away and slams the book closed]




Oi, where is all of this coming from? Just who are you, and what are you saying to Takiko?

[the entry comes only minutes after the video feed, and handwriting is rough and angular, not at all like Takiko's usual elegant hand]

[The audio is kind of muted due to the loud noises being cut out and staggered, but a pair of girls are fighting against a man made of leaves. The giant monster with the huge chin was swiping at them and for a moment it seemed like the girls were smashed under the huge vine.

But then the orange haired girl got up, holding the vine as she and the other exchanged words and in a flash of light, threw it off. Joining hands, the audio cut back in as the pair exclaimed,]

Pretty Cure Twin Stream Splash!

[In a torrent of water, the monster was blasted into what appeared to be little spirits as a orb floated down, and the man with the plant-like motif vanished.

Later on, the violet haired girl is setting up some things in a comfy looking room when she notices her mirror blinking. Poking it, she inquired,] Hello? Is someone there? Hello?

Okay so...

My whole canon just suddenly unlocked itself on the community. And I read up on it annnnnddd...

Does the earth have "Completely and utterly destroyed" insurance set up? Because that's what happens at the end of my battle.

Advice please.

[The video's got an odd pinkish tint to it, and there's a young woman with wings staring at it in confusion.]

Okay, is this a new feature of this thing? Couldn't Yan Lin have given me an instruction manual?

Um, hello? Weird...duck...thing... I don't suppose anyone could explain this to me?